Mad Men returned to the airwaves Sunday, bringing in highballs and Brylcreem to relieve the summer doldrums.

I don’t want to spoil anything for folks who haven’t watched all of the third season, but it looked like some big changes were in store for Don Draper and the denizens of Sterling Cooper, and I can’t wait to see where things are going.

While I’m sure that pieces similar to this have run before (and I’m sure I’ve probably linked to them before), but Flavorwire has compiled what they call a definitive Mad Men Summer reading list, featuring books that have been prominently displayed or referenced in the show.

I don’t recall the show doing much to revive interest in Leon Uris’ Exodus, but it did create a sales spike for Frank O’Hara’s poetry collection Meditations in an Emergency.

Personally, I have a fantasy where Don Draper uses Bert Cooper’s copy of Atlas Shrugged to hammer the bejeezus out of the smarmy Pete Campbell. I think it’s safe to say that it’s a plot line we can all get behind.

As an added AV bonus, here is a video from College Humor featuring a montage of Mad Men’s neanderthal pick-up lines.