Do you have a favorite book you would recommend?

That's super hard. I have so many favorites. I would say any book by Stanisław Lem:

https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Found-Bathtub-Stanislaw-Lem/dp/0156585855
https://www.amazon.com/Futurological-Congress-Memoirs-IjonTichy/dp/0156340402
https://www.amazon.com/Fiasco-Stanislaw-Lem/dp/0156306301/

If your looking more for comedy I would also go with Christopher Moore.. he is HILARIOUS:

https://www.amazon.com/You-Suck-Story-Bloodsucking-Fiends/dp/0060590300/
https://www.amazon.com/Stupidest-Angel-Heartwarming-Christmas-Terror/dp/0060842350/

hi Barelygettingby
The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse. Won The Nobel Prize for Literature.
Anything by him.
best wishes
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It's from the point of view of a teenage boy for much of the series and more aimed at such an audience, but [i]The Saga of Darren Shan[/i] by Darren Shan is really, really good.

The Botticelli Secret, Marina Fiorato. I’ve read it several times and still love it.

[i]The Catcher in the Rye[/i] by J. D. Salinger

Neverwhere or number9dream

The Hollywood Station series by Joseph Wambaugh :)

The dark tower. - Stephen King (all volumes)

A nefarious plot by Steve Deace.

The idiot guide books