The Futurological Congress
Stanislaw Lem
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
Michael Chabon
The Human Condition
Hannah Arendt
Shock!: 13 Tales to Thrill and Terrify
Richard Matheson
The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction
Stephen Crane
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
The naked and the dead
Norman Mailer
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
The moon is down
John Steinbeck