Quote:Ayn Rand - Anthem and Atlas Shrugged
Franz Kafka - In the Penal Colony, the Metamorphosis, and the unfinished Description of a Struggle
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World, and The Doors of Perception
Oscar Wilde - any of his short stories; they all make me want to cry, but they all tap into humanity so damn well
Tom Robbins - Another Roadside Attraction
William Peter Blatty - Legion
Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Lois Lowry - The Giver
Edward Gorey - the Gashleycrumb Tinies
Robert Irwin - Exquisite Corpse (omfg, such an amazing piece of unrecognized literature)
Chuck Paulaniuk - Survivor (and possibly Fight Club, i haven't decided yet)
anything by Bill Waterson or Berke Breathed
Gabriela Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude
F. Scott Fitzgerald - the Great Gatsby
Stephen King - the Shining
you forgot Hunter S. Thompson and Timothy Leary