Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers - psychological stress damages human health - tedious but important (and well sourced)
Probability Theory - the Logic of Science (Jaynes) - only halfway through it. I can't justify its length unless I were really willing to work through all the computation shown (I'm not). The text is still somewhat meaningful if you merely read it.
Long, unexplained list:
The Wasp Factory, The Player of Games, Matter (Iain Banks)
Return from the Stars
Lilith's Brood
Cyteen
Godel, Escher, and Bach (EGB)
His Dark materials (juvenille, mediocre movie, but fun)
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers - psychological stress damages human health - tedious but important (and well sourced)
Probability Theory - the Logic of Science (Jaynes) - only halfway through it. I can't justify its length unless I were really willing to work through all the computation shown (I'm not). The text is still somewhat meaningful if you merely read it.
Long, unexplained list:
Seconding the Wasp Factory by Iain Banks.
It's like Catcher in the Rye for serial killers