Fiction books
- Mika Waltari. The Egyptian (1945)
- Jan Potocki. The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (1797)
- Short stories by Robert Sheckley, especially “The Leech” and “Ask a Foolish Question”
- Richard Brautigan. In Watermelon Sugar (1968)
- Robert M. Pirsig. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)
- Nevil Shute. On the Beach (1957)
- Kurt Vonnegut. Cat’s Cradle (1963)
- Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
- Stanisław Lem. Solaris (1961)
- Jack Kerouac. Desolation Angels (1965)
- Douglas Coupland. Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture (1991)