Of mice and men
John Steinbeck
The old man and the sea
Ernest Hemingway
Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II
Robert Leckie
Executive Orders
Tom Clancy
The Algebraist
Iain M. Banks
Childhood's end
Arthur C. Clarke
Consider Phlebas
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
Matter
The Player of Games
Transition
Use of Weapons