1984
George Orwell
A thousand splendid suns
Khaled Hosseini
Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov
First Lord's Fury
Jim Butcher
The demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark
Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot
Cosmos
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Mary Roach
A short history of nearly everything
Bill Bryson