Also, in terms of inspiration and at the risk of devolving into a list of generic favourites, you could do worse than taking this list as a starting point:

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/4chanlit/images/e/e2/136...

Source: http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading/sub . Ignore the fact that this list was compiled on 4chan, the books listed are all quite good.