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