If a foreigner might pitch in with a couple of suggestions:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Wonderful Life by Steven J. Gould

Dispatches by Michael Herr

. . . and not on this list but I'm convinced will be in years to come, The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy, a stunning book.