From Ron Marshall, CEO of Borders

I love the act of matching up the right book with the right person, of handpicking the perfect book for a friend, a neighbor, the mail carrier—you name it. But every so often, a book comes along that I want to tell everyone I know about. For me, that book is The Forever War by New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins. Quite simply, this book floored me.

I don't have a vote for the Pulitzer Prize, but if I did, The Forever War would get mine. One of the most respected war correspondents of our generation, Filkins smartly chronicles the lead–up to the war in Iraq, from the rise of the Taliban to the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It's a riveting narrative that left me believing that Filkins is nonfiction's answer to Cormac McCarthy—startling, sensitive, and absurdly eloquent. Like Thomas L. Friedman's seminal historical work, From Beirut to Jerusalem, The Forever War is destined to become a timeless piece of war literature.