In no particular order;
Perfume - patrick suskind
any Iain (M) banks
The Beach - alex garland
fall of Hyperion, Ilium, Olympos - Dan Simmons /sf
Idoru - william gibson /sf
any terry pratchet
any ian McEwan
Kitchen Confidential - allain bourdain
other good authors include, jon courtney-grimwood /sf, howard marks /biog, neal asher /sf,
mary doria-russel, annie proulx