Oooooooooookay.... I'm a librarian, and this list is personal and subject to change at any moment. Moreover, it's not in any particular order, but the order MAY be peculiar.

Starship troopers, Heinlein.
Goodbye to all that, Graves.
The Things they carried, O'Brien.
Cowboy Curmudgeon, McRae.
A Brief history of time, Hawking.
The devouring fungus, (can't remember)
Up on the river, Madsen.
Breakup, Stabenow.
Anything with words in print, including (but not limited to) toilet paper wrappers, flour bags, outhouse walls, warning signs, and sewer lids.