The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

I would have loved the hell out of this book as a teenager.

Far Rainbow / The 2nd Invasion from Mars

by Boris and Arkady Strugatski

Way better than "hard to be a god".  Except I think I would like to be a cookie-eating beer-drinking cow.

Buddhists Talk about Jesus, Christians Talk about the Buddha

edited by Rita M. Gross and Terry C. Muck

lots to think about

When you are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

This is like the opposite of once, in the sense that even the sad stories are happy.

We Can Build You

by Philip K. Dick.

It's a good book, but it has a thoroughly misleading title and description. It could more accurately be called "We Can Build a Manic-Depressive Lincoln like you." It's about mental illness, start to finish.

Good Omens

by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Man, I forgot how relentless Terry Pratchett was.

Galactic Pot Healer

by Philip K. Dick

This must be one of the books he wrote to pay for food while extremely high.  Which does not mean that it is not, in its own way, awesome.