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Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari: A Thousand Plateaus (1987)

A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (French: Mille plateaux) is a 1980 book by the …

...Huh!

schizoanalysis is a complexification of psychoanalysis, versus reductive, and the intentional effort to not reduce complicated systems and processes into simplistic binaries is a key facet to keep in mind when reading and interpreting Mille Plateaux.

Or maybe it isn't. I can't tell.

Robert Anton Wilson, Robert Shea: The Illuminatus! Trilogy (Hardcover, 1998, MJF Books)

The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels by American writers Robert Shea and …

I rate it 23 out of 23 golden apples.

Every time I get summoned for jury duty, I bring this book with me to read while I wait. I have never been picked to sit on a jury. Is this a coincidence? Is this blind luck? Is this evidence of a (dare I say it) conspiracy? I don't know and I don't care, because I still get paid for showing up. Whether or not this book will get you out of social obligations and court appearances is up for debate, but it helped ME build my own solid gold submarine.