Here are some of my favorite books both old and new.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Long, Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Possession by A.S. Byatt Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Stranger by Albert Camus The Alienist by Caleb Carr The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Geek Love by Katherine Dunn The List of Seven by Mark Frost Good Omens by Neil Gaiman (and Terry Pratchet) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman American Gods by Neil Gaimen Grendle by John Gardner The World According to Garp by John Irving A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The Cider House Rules by John Irving The Trial by Franz Kafka The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyrner Black Water by Joyce Carol Oats Zombie by Joyce Carol Oats The Godfather by Mario Puzo Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice Tale of the Body Theif by Anne Rice The Witching Hour by Anne Rice Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robins Naked by David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris The Secret History by Donna Tartt War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole The Witches of Estwick by John Updike Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnuget The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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I'm also a big fan of the short story, here are a few that stand out in particular:
The Babysitter by Robert Coover The Dead by James Joyce The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka A&P by John Updike |
And I do enjoy the occassional play or two:
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco MacBeth by William Shakespeare Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde |