Some stuff I like

Novels and Short Story Collections

• In Persuasion Nation, by George Saunders
• Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
• Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh

Non-Fiction

• Animal Rights, Human Wrongs, by Tom Regan

Manga

• The Climber (孤高の人), by Shin'ichi Sakamoto
• Homunculus (ホムンクルス), by Hideo Yamamoto
• Goodnight, Punpun (おやすみプンプン), by Inio Asano