Read: Maryanne Wolf - Proust and the squid [the story and science of the reading brain]

Neuroscience of how the brain works while reading. A particular focus on how a child's acquisition of reading skills reveals how the various parts of the brain work together to read (or not, in the case of dyslexia). Also, an historical examination of how various reading systems develop, and how the brain's involvement differs from one type to another. A bit academic overall, with a tendency to make the same point too many times, but all in all a pretty good read.