We've spent a lot of time over the past few weeks talking about reading and writing. Is focusing more difficult when you have to cull through dozens of emails every day? Are writers worried about writing for the skimming masses? What happens to our brains when we switch from paper to screens? There's a lot of thinking about how we read. But what this conversation has made us want more than anything: To actually sit down with a good book. We asked our listeners to suggest books that have changed the way they think about the world at this moment of great technological change.  Here's a pretty good sampling of what you sent us: "Feed" by MT Anderson A young adult novel that has been called part sci-fi, part cyberpunk. (Candlewick Press) Quite a few of you sent us this one, including listener Sami Peil. It's one of those thought experiments rising out of the things that are pretty plausible in the near future, for those of you who want to add a little chill to your beach reading. In short, it's a love story about as "an average kid on a weekend trip to the moon," in a world where "internet connections feed directly into the consumer's brain."  "Close to the Machine" by Ellen Ullman This is not your average tech memoir. (Picador) Imagine what the rise of the dot com empire looked like to a computer programmer who got her start in the '90s, trying to establish herself against everything Silicon Valley was (er... is?). As a bisexual women with former Communist credentials, she explores what the technology she has helped to build actually means for its users and the world they live in.  This one came to us by way of Lindy Humphreys. "Geek Sublime" by Vikram Chandra A writer of code flexes other creative muscles to make a point. (Graywolf Press) A non-fiction meditation on the actual beauty of computer languages, and the real art behind technology. A good one for burnt-out techies who want to return from vacation inspired. Or, you know, your repressed inner art student.  "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle Sure, you read it in elementary school. It's worth picking up again. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Listener Lindy Humphreys says: "I've read this one every year since third grade and learn more each time!" "A Whole New Mind" by Daniel J. Pink Some validation for the good-at-math kids. (Riverhead Books) An argument prophesizing that the rational, right-brained among us are taking over from their creative left-brained forbears. Listener Lisa Frankel sent this one with exclamation marks for emphasis.    "