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Personally I'd recommend Cat's Cradle. Reddit seems to swear by Sirens of Titan and Slaughter House Five is supposed to be his opus but I like the satire of religion in Cat's Cradle. Sirens of Titan seemed too pulpy to me, it's an early work and lacks a lot of his more biting satire of society and human nature. Slaughterhouse Five is a WWII book that could probably stand on its own without the sci-fi. Cat's Cradle the sci-fi is essential and he basically makes fun of religion and human nature in general for 300 pages so I think it's got the right balance of what he does. Here's a short story of his just for fun in case you haven't read it. "Harrison Bergeron"