all Vonnegut, ever
asimov's foundation books, I Robot, and Bicentennial man
Elect MR Robinson for a better world (awesome little book)
most of patterson's alex cross books
the golden compass, subtle knife, amber spyglass (phillip pullman)
Crichton: Congo, jurassic park and such, Prey
terry goodkind's sword of truth series (stay with the first book past the first couple hundred pages and you are fucking hooked. Seriously the best creator out there)
the once and future king
hg wells like the time machine and the island of dr moreau
1984
BRADBURY's the martian chronicles, fahrenheit 454, et al
there's a few to keep you occupied