Kinda late to this post . The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyScience Fiction . Collection of short stories about colonizing MarsIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteTrue crime . Nonfiction novel based on the murder of the Clutter family in Kansas . This was made into a movie Capote with Philip Seymour Hoffman RIP in 2005 Childhood ' s End by Arthur C . ClarkeScience Fiction . A ' peaceful ' alien invasion on earth that brings about a utopian society . This was recently made into a miniseries . on SyFy , I think ? Don ' t know too many pirate books . Would highly recommend all three above . Enjoy ! <| sep |> Not sure why this is in rfrugalI started working night shifts because it was an easy $ 1 hr raise . This seems relevant in rfrugal .