Hugo and Nebula award winner <i>Ancillary Justice</i> is pretty good, though perhaps not great. Before that I reread <i>No Country for Old Men</i>, Cormac McCarthy is definitely great and I enjoyed it far more this time than when I read it nine years ago. Right now I am rereading <i>Dune</i> for the first time in at least twenty and possibly thirty years partially because <i>Ancillary Justice</i> reminded me of it, partially because it might be something I recommend trying to my son and partially because being able to read previously read books in new ways is turning out to be a pleasure of getting older. Anyway, <i>Dune</i> is great in ways that Dino Delaurentis and subsequent film makers had made me forget.<p>Langston Hughes' <i>Weary Blues</i> is amazing, but I'm no expert on poetry.
Just recently finished "Seveneves" by Neal Stephenson. It's sci-fi, but fantastic.<p>For non-sci-fi, my favorite fantasy book I've read recently was "The Lies of Locke Lamora" (and its sequels) by Scott Lynch. Another is "Dirty Jobs" by Christopher Moore, a bit on the Pratchett-inspired side of things.<p>I also recently finished Felicia Day's memoir, "You're Never Weird on the Internet," which I highly recommend.
Great science fiction book covering the topic.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age</a><p>Ideas from that book come up once a week in conversations.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao<p>Excellent storytelling, humour and slice of life human drama. It's just amazing how Junot Diaz tells of the tragedy of one family and the fukú curse that haunts them over generations.<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar/dp/1594483299" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/The-Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar/dp/15944...</a>
"In the Interests of Safety: The absurd rules that blight our lives and how we can change them" - Tracey Brown & Michael Hanlon<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/In-Interests-Safety-absurd-blight/dp/0751553492" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/In-Interests-Safety-absurd-blight/dp/0...</a>
"God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/God-Is-Not-Great-Everything/dp/0446697966" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/God-Is-Not-Great-Everything/dp/0446697...</a>
"Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard. It's an incredible play which explores some of the foundational concepts of Chaos Theory as literary themes. I'm not a huge fiction reader, but this one gets me every time I read it. The ending is really beautiful.
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams.<p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64341.The_Metamorphosis_of_Prime_Intellect" rel="nofollow">http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64341.The_Metamorphosis_o...</a>
Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0...</a>