One of my favorite possessions is a copy of Assouline’s The Proust Questionnaire – it’s a book where your friends and loved ones can fill out the infamous questionnaire that French writer Marcel Proust wrote (his magnum opus being In Search of Lost Time).  Each month, the last page of Vanity Fair magazine features a Proust Questionnaire to celebrities, and it’s remarkable the amount of insights you are able to learn about someone from the questions asked.  It’s a wonderful gift to give and it’s a wonderful book to have.