• Confederacy of Dunces : An indescribable rube-goldberg story about a "neckbeard" and his mother in New Orleans.

• Solaris: A novella that reads as a Lovecraftian space horror.

• The Summer People : A short modern fairy tale by Kelly Link.

• Metamorphosis : Kafka's famous short work about waking up as a giant insect.

• Ubik : Fantastic sci-fi that interleaves a bunch of cool premises.

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow : An emotional book about love and game design.