The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

When David Foster Wallace published a list of his 10 favorite books shortly before his death, many readers were surprised at the choices—some even thought he might be "screwing with us." How else can we explain the presence of so many genre books and bestsellers on the list? But there they were, in all their tawdry splendor.

Check it out. Here is DFW’s t…