Oh, there are many great books out there. Just a few I read recently (I translated the titles freely from their Slovene translations):
Jaroslav Bocek - The case of dr. Karpeta (It's the mid 70's in Chekoslovakia. A respecable doctor has disapeared. His car was found parked near his office and no signs off strugle anywhere near it. The inspector investegating the case doesn't dare to tell his conclusion out loud because it's to fantastic, so he asks his pal from the chess club, who's a writer with more imagination, to take a look at the case and all the interviews and statements. EXCELENT)!
Jose Saramago - The Essay about Blindness (A hot summer day and a light is red. The cars are waiting in line for the light to change. It's green, but they're not moving. The car first in line doesn't start. When they come close enough they find the driver screeming - I'm blind!), I just love this style of writing. Sentances are very long and sometimes complicated to read, because they tell you so many contradictory stuff all at once you're not sure they're making fun, or are being sarcastic or are simply so fantasticaly true that they are beyond your comprehention. Even better is his book The documents about a Convict.
Umberto Eco - The name of the Rose (I think I don't really need to tell you much about it. You've probably saw the movie - if you haven't you must - it's one of the best movies every - still it hardly does justice to the excelent book)!
Among other favorites are definetly: The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, A Clockwork Orange and The Planet of Seven Suns (the last one is by the Sci-Fi master Charles Arthur Clarke - one of his less know titles, but also one of his best books - at least IMHO).
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