For sci-fi:
Dune (all the books) By Frank Herbert (and Brian Herbert now...)
Hyperion
By Dan Simmons
Gibson Novels (Cyberpunk
inventor
) and books :
Neuromancer
,
Burning Chrome
...
Almost
all ASIMOV books
The players of Null-A
By Van Vogt
(There's more in this book than just a story, the General Semantic topic is really WORTH studying...)
For historical novel :
Musashi
(A MUST READ!!!) By Eiji Yoshikawa
Le comte de Monte Christo
By Alexandre Dumas
(Sorry I haven't found the english version, but this book will blow your mind,
you can't talk about retaliation without reading this book first... ;-)
"
O
nly
B
ad
C
oders
B
adly
C
ode
I
n
P
erl" (OBC2IP)
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