At the moment I am mostly interested in philosophical literature, and have been finding my way through various modes of thought for the past few years. With that in mind, I am looking for recommendations; existential thought is what intrigues me most, but I by no means limit myself to this dimension.
Basically, I am looking for writers/thinkers/philosophers who I have overlooked, or am just unaware of. I prefer Dostoevsky, Camus, Celine, Hesse, Vonnegut, just for a quick reference.
Basically, any authors who may go along with this very general criteria who are not on this list:
Bukowski
Camus
Celine
Dostoevsky
Gogol
Hamsun
Heidegger
Heller
Hesse
Hugo
Kafka
Kierkegaard
Kundera
Nabokov
Nietzsche
Ortega y Gasset
Rilke
Bertrand Russell
Sartre
Stendahl
Tolstoy
Vonnegut
Zola
Basically, I followed the existential trail of thought, by and large. But I love and admire the humanity of Hesse and Vonnegut, altough their thought is quite apart. I am looking to continue this, and where I largely leave off is 1950. So, heirs to Camus, etc. I have not read Palahniuk, but am not very interested. I am usually a fan of much more intimate, serious literature, but, as I said, I have not read it. I don't want to get too specific with this, but perhaps I already have, haha. The brutality, humanity and honesty of Dostoevsky, Camus, Howard Zinn, Bukowski, etc...... Or anything you think may grab me.
Anyways, I would appreciate ideas, speculation, whatever.