I'm gonna give you a push towards Ken Kesey (he wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, created the Merry Pranksters as well as the electric Kool-Aid acid tests from way back when, and drove Further further) and Tom Wolf. My recommended books are:
Sometimes a Great Notion, by K. Kesey
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by T. Wolf
The Right Stuff, by T. Wolf
Ahab's Wife, by S.J. Naslund (she took excellent literary liberty with Melville's story here, it brought me to tackle Moby Dick, which, despite my voraciousness for the written word, still took me close to a year to finish)
The Good Earth, by P. Buck
Carnage and Culture, by V. Hansen
I read very little fiction, I'm an information kinda gal. Give me information! I thirst for knowledge.
Oh, and IF you're of a mind, read The Natural Marine Aquarium--Reef Invertebrates, by R. Fenner & A. Calfo. Seamaiden was assistant book editor for that tome, and the glossary is ALL MINE.
