Consider Phlebas
Iain M. Banks
Blackwood Farm
Anne Rice
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
Lady Chatterley's Lover
D. H. Lawrence
The Truth
Terry Pratchett
Thud!
Thief of Time
Monstrous Regiment
Hogfather
Guards! Guards!
Going Postal
The Fifth Elephant
Eric
Equal Rites
Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman