Currently on the night stand

I'm currently reading The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menard. It's an exploration of the major American intellectual themes from the second half of the 19th Century. The main characters are Oliver Wendell Holmes, William James, Charles Pierce and John Dewey. So far it's been a very interesting look at the philosophical leanings of America and especially Boston after the Civil War. James, et al, are generally known for espousing the doctrine of pragmatism, but the book also touches on natural selection, legal theory, and the ascension of statistics and the law of errors into popular use. I'd recommend it to any student of intellectual history. Oh, and the Pulitzer people liked it too.