Terry Pratchett – The Last Continent (1998)
A novel so awful, and yet so quintessentially Discworld, that it seems to expose the pointlessness of the entire series.
Recommended: Only if you want to be cured of ever wanting to read a Discworld novel ever again.
Rose Wilder Lane – The Discovery of Freedom (1943)
Poetic libertarianism built on a foundation of Stoicism and bad history.
Recommended: Almost .. but I am unforgiving with history cranks.
Instead of this, read: Epictetus and Hayek.
Michael Chabon – Gentlemen of the Road (2007)
Aka The Jews of Lankhmar.
Recommended: Yes.
After this, read: Fritz Leiber.
Michael Moorcock – The Land Leviathan (1974)
The 20th century we actually had was probably the best of all possible 20th centuries.
Recommended: Moorcock is a lovable angry leftist, and my second favorite author, but no.
Fredric Brown – Martians, Go Home! (1955)
This novel’s relevance to online trolling and the data retention debate is accidental, but striking.
Recommended: None of your business, Mack. I mean, yes.
Robert Heinlein – Starman Jones (1953)
If you’re honest, eager and hard-working, the universe will bend to fulfill all your dreams. (Well, maybe not, but it’s certainly worth the attempt.)
Recommended: Yes.