time. so how about a good book? how about three? i got some recommendations. >> matt, so nice to you have here. you're going to tell us some books we should be reading. >> yes, these are three books i really love and i think you should rush out and buy them. >> they're new ones. >> the first one is by ethan rutherford, a short-story collection, a lot of variety and really humane characters. "the peripatetic coffin." >> what do you like about it? >> i like the killer opening paragraphs, great last lines, wild settings. three or four of the stories take place on ships of sorts. one on a submarine during the civil war, one on a futuristic whaling voyage and one on a sailing trip trapped in the arctic ice. >> are you a seafaring man?