10-22-2010, 07:51 AM
In no particular order (but still my top 5):
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Gun with Occassional Music by Jonathan Lethem
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Honorable Mentions: The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Gun with Occassional Music by Jonathan Lethem
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Honorable Mentions: The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson