Although not suited for everyone these novels are my personal favorites. As seen from the list below my taste in literature has a somewhat random quality ranging from the strange in "A Clockwork Orange" to the scary in "The Shining" to the thought provoking in "A Hologram for the King". Regardless of these differences I can assure you that all of these novels while being "acquired tastes" will at the very least serve to inspire awe and wonder in their readers.