Walkaway, Cory Doctorow.  Another favorite! Highly recommended.

Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe

The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. LeGuin

Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood

Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston. Favorite! Necessary American reading.

The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie

The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood

Sexing the Cherry, Jeanette Winterson

“Poetry is Not a Luxury”, and “Uses of the Erotic”, “The Master’s Tools Will Not Dismantle the Master’s House” — essays by Audre Lorde and hiiiighly recommended.

“The Veiled Woman”, “Linda”, “Mandra”, “Marianne” — short stories by Anaïs Nin. I loved Mandra the most.

“The Second Bakery Attack”, “Samsa in Love”, “Birthday Girl”, “A Folklore for My Generation: A Prehistory of Late-Stage Capitalism” — Haruki Murakami. I needed a big think after most of these, and I loved it.