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I recommend reading pretty much anything written by William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, David Wong, or Charlie Stross. (Stross is less recommended only because he writes a lot more and his quality level is less consistent; that said, at his best he competes with Stephenson's best and wins)

Umberto Eco. Don't start with Foucault's Pendulum, his other books are shorter and probably more accessible.

I really like The Island of the Day Before and Baudolino.

I really liked The Culture books by Iain M Banks.

If hard scifi is your thing, Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds.

And can't go wrong with the classics (Dune, Foundation, Hyperion)

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