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In no particular order,
I can't pick a single title for Camus or Vonnegut, but those two respective titles are near the top.
The unbearable lightness of being remains one of the best books I've ever read. Not related, but I think you might really enjoy Klara and the Sun, if you haven't read it already
Off the top of my head:
Since I was a kid, I always loved the Star Wars expanded universe. My favorites of the whole thing are probably the Republic Commando series and the Thrawn Trilogy. Also love the Gotrek and Felix books, and ive been getting into the Dragonlance franchise
The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager is my absolute favorite.
honorable mentions:
Science authors: Carl Sagan, Michio Kaku, Amy Stewart, Mary Roach
Videogame types: Dead Space, Mass Effect
Trash but can't help it: Sarah J Mass
Actual books: Pretty much anything by Michael McDowell
Pretty much anything by Charles Bukowski
Anything by Richard Bach
"The Great and Secret Show" by Clive Barker -- I refuse to read Everville until he finishes the story, I'm not trying to do a George R.R. Martin scenario
"Coldheart Canyon" by Clive Barker
Dark Tower series - Stephen King
"Timequake" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk
"John Dies at the End" by David Wong (pretty sure it is a series, but haven't gotten to it)
"Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley
"The Portable Henry Rollins" by Henry Rollins
"Last Call" by Tim Powers (pretty sure this also a series)
"Weight" Jeanette Winterson
Warren Ellis is pretty good too, but he's such a creep I can't bring myself to read anything he's released past Crooked Little Vein.
motorcycle diaries by che guevara
i don't necessarily think it is a masterpiece, and i'm aware che is quite the controversial character, but the book struck all the right cords for me. adventure and history are some of my favorite themes, which was an immediate plus, but what had me hooked were the encounters with common folk. can't quite put into words why, frankly.
The Percy Jackson series is probably my favorite, still even as an adult. It's my comfort book series.
I’m a huge fan of a natural history of dragons by Marie Brennan and the rest of books in the series. Also been obsessed with Kim Harrison’s The Hollows series since my partner introduced it to me lol
Gone With the Wind
World War Z