I love those two especially Lucky Jim, the funniest book I've ever read.

ugh I hate how cliched my taste is

yes to kurt vonnegut

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That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "Fuck you" right under your nose.” - J. D. Salinger

a spiritual being having a human experience

Cunt by Inga Musico
When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone
Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Girly Brown

lots have already been said, but:

beloved by toni morrison
jane eyre by charlotte bronte
the history of love by nicole krauss
oscar and lucinda by peter carey
good omens by neil gaiman and terry pratchett (so fkin good and funny!)
the house of the spirits by isabel allende
seven types of ambiguity by eliot perlman
aaand steinbeck.