Graphic novels:
- Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
- Blankets - Craig Thompson
- Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Speigelman
- Understanding Comics: the Invisible Art - Scott McCloud

Fiction:
- The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
- Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
- The Martian - Andy Weir
- Old Man's War - John Scalzi
- World War Z - Max Brooks

Non-fiction:
- Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
- Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl