The Fifth Elephant
Terry Pratchett
The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton
Use of Weapons
Iain M. Banks
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
The Algebraist
Look to Windward
Transition
Flashforward
Robert J. Sawyer
The Player of Games
Consider Phlebas
Matter
Dune
Frank Herbert
Burning Chrome
William Gibson
The ultimate hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
Douglas Adams
Childhood's end
Arthur C. Clarke
Contact
Carl Sagan
The demolished man
Alfred Bester
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
Magician, apprentice
Raymond E. Feist