Watch the amazing Locus juggle several books at once, and try not to drop any! Free admission.
As I mentioned in the previous question, I love ghosts, especially the vengeful kind. I also like ghost stories where the ghost may or may not be a figment of someone's imagination.
My top pick for ghost story (and it's really so much more than a ghost story) is Beloved, by Toni Morrison, which starts with the line "124 was spiteful."