Well, travel lit of sorts. The paperback version of Three Cups of Tea is number two on the paperback nonfiction list. I actually listened to Three Cups of Tea when it first came out in audio. It was excellent. In two sentences, the book is about Greg Mortenson, an American rock climber who is really down on his luck, and his determination to build a school in an Afghani town to pay them back for nursing him back to health after an unsuccessful trip up Mount Everest. The book is about the religious, political and physical barriers he had to overcome to open the school.

The story is inspiring and beautiful. I highly recommend it. And apparently, so do the folks at the New York Times. Not to mention the 1,373 people who have given it 5 stars on Amazon.