I lean toward sci-fi and pop-culture. These are all winners in my book: Ready Player One, The Martian, Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green, Tenth of December, Aurora, A Walk in the Woods, Altered Carbon, Anathem, Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, American Gods, 11/22/63, Borne & Annihilation, and The Girl With All the Gifts.
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