the McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (Not a book per se, but
very enjoyable)
Shakespeare (Everything, I'm surprised he's only been mentioned once so far)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Shogun by James Clavell
Then, of course, the regular hodgepodge of Card, Asimov, Adams, Gaiman, Pratchet, Stephenson, Feynman, and that LOTR guy, Tolkey or sommat. (In all seriousness, though, all of these authors are phenomenal, if well-known for being such)
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
the McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (Not a book per se, but very enjoyable)
Shakespeare (Everything, I'm surprised he's only been mentioned once so far)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Shogun by James Clavell
Then, of course, the regular hodgepodge of Card, Asimov, Adams, Gaiman, Pratchet, Stephenson, Feynman, and that LOTR guy, Tolkey or sommat. (In all seriousness, though, all of these authors are phenomenal, if well-known for being such)