Anything by Dr Thompson is, of course - in a league all of its own.

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

A Confederacy Of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

Auto Da Fé - Elias Canetti

The Peculiar Memories Of Thomas Penman - Bruce Robinson

We - Yevgeny Zamyatin

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey

I Am Legend - Richard Matheson

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

The Castle - Franz Kafka

V - Thomas Pynchon

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M Pirsig

Cosmos - Witold Gombrowicz

The Plague - Albert Camus

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick

GlenGarry Glen Ross - David Mamet