SCIENCE FICTION
The Star Beast - Robert A. Heinlein (If I was only going to suggest one book - this would be it!)
The Five Gold Bands - Jack Vance (An obscure but great intro to Vance - and far future science fiction in general)
The Stainless Steel Rat
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You - Harry Harrison (A little ( A lot?) of light entertainment.)
Wasp - Eric Frank Russell (One Man - One country to destroy - With only a piece of chalk and stickers!)
The Shockwave Rider - John Brunner ( The Original Cyberpunk book)
Hammer's Slammers - David Drake (Just to remind you that humanity is not a tame animal...)
FANTASY
Silverlock - John Myers Myers (A MBA lost in the World Of Letters)
The first 4 MYTH books - Robert Asprin (Great fun for eerybody)
The Lord Darcy Series - (Magic and Mystery, all in one package)
This list is an add-on to the above lists. All gret reads, and are easily accessable to a non-science fiction/Fantasy reader.
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