title: NPM throws error "couldn't read dependencies"?
body: <p>NPM throws error "couldn't read dependencies"</p>
  
  <pre><code>yiffbook:home yiff$ npm install
  npm ERR! install Couldn't read dependencies
  npm ERR! package.json ENOENT, open '/home/package.json'
  npm ERR! package.json This is most likely not a problem with npm itself.
  npm ERR! package.json npm can't find a package.json file in your current directory.
  npm ERR! System Darwin 13.4.0
  npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
  npm ERR! cwd /home
  npm ERR! node -v v0.10.31
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.23
  npm ERR! path npm-debug.log
  npm ERR! code UNKNOWN
  npm ERR! errno -1
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
  npm ERR!     /home/npm-debug.log
  npm ERR! not ok code 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Could you help me fix this?</p>