Some great books already on this list, I'll add in a few that I would also recommend, or that I see come up a lot:
Year Zero. Very funny, in the vein of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Snow Crash. I actually just bought this book, and don't know much about it, but it is heavily recommended on this sub. Very excited to read it.
Old Man's War Or anything else by John Scalzi (Including Fuzzy Nation and Redshirts ). He's by no mean's a profound writer, but all his books are easy, fun, and pretty imaginative.
Found it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005X0K520/
Some great books already on this list, I'll add in a few that I would also recommend, or that I see come up a lot:
Have fun dude!
Wer die Idee mag: Year Zero, a Novel
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Year 0 is on sale right now for 0.99 if you are in the US.
Excluding the Hitchhiker, I would recommend: "Year Zero: A Novel by Rob Reid"
There's a novel called Year Zero with a roughly similar plotline