A Canticle for Leibowitz, Solaris, Brave New World (I'm still reading this one). My brother says that A Clockwork Orange, Animal Farm and 1984 are his favourites, so you could try those as well.
Could you recommend me a knoife? Last two I bought were a Mora 612 and an Opinel 10, now I'm looking for something that I can use for food prep but doesn't look like a typical kitchen/chef knife. I'd get some ceramic knives as a gimmick, but I don't think they'd survive shipping, and if they did, I'd have to get diamond stones and deal with ceramic itself.