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Philosophical: Short stories by Jorge Luis Borges

Sci-fi & other "fi"s: Fire in the sky (I'm only halfway through with this one so far) The illuminatus trilogy Short stories by J.G. Ballard The Foundation Trilogy, Asimov I, Robot, Asimov "The Way of All Ghosts" by Greg Bear (but, must have read Eon and its sequel first in order to get full mileage out of this one)

Older children's fantasy: The Taran books by Lloyd Alexander The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, the Silmarillion