If a guy calling himself weareoscarwilde recommends a thoreau work count me in.
I also added The Demon Haunted World and the Name of the Rose to my reading list.
Believe it or not I still haven't read 1984 so that's on there too.
In the non-fictiony sciencey genre try 'Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman!'
My faves include: The Great Gatsby, Anything by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Treasure Island (as a kid), Anything Farley Mowat