So here are my ten:
1) Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
2) The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy – Douglas Adama
3) The Adolescence of P-1 by Thomas Ryan (You can read the whole book by clicking the link – it’s sort of heavy on IBM 360/370 jargon but the basic principle is easily readable.
4) Tales of the City – Armistead Maupin
5) The Dreyfus Affair – Peter Lefcourt
6) A Queer History of the United States – Michael Bronski
7) Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
8) The Number of the Best – Robert Heinlein
9) Christopher and His Kind – Christopher Isherwood
10) Job: A Comedy of Justice – Robert Heinlein
Don’t panic.