Slanted towards books written in English, I wonder? But, in any case, an interesting mixture. Disappointed that Catch-22 didn't make it.
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Satire of the English aristocracy at its finest. A Modest Proposal is my absolute favorite of his because an American assured "that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout."
Swift, Jonathan. A Modest Proposal