A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

I found this book very enjoyable. Like the Harry Potter books, it is a children's book written with witty jokes and asides enough to entertain adult readers (although at this point, the story is not nearly so complex). The narrative voice is a very smart construct; the author has written a gothic novel in which (almost) nothing good ever happens for children, and the narrator is very self-aware. I also happen to find Sunny Baudelaire, who asserts her personality by biting and in single word phrases (helpfully translated by the narrator), very amusing.