15 Books You Should Read This Summer 8. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Mary Roach (Non-fiction) Opening Lines: “The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken.  I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan.  But here are forty of them, one per pan, resting face-up on what looks to be a small pet-food bowl.”

15 Books You Should Read This Summer

8. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Mary Roach (Non-fiction)

Opening Lines: “The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken.  I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan.  But here are forty of them, one per pan, resting face-up on what looks to be a small pet-food bowl.”