Jules Verne, HG Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Cherie Priest, Charlain Harris, Yasmine Galenorn, Phillip Pullman, Gail Carriger, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, George Mann, Jim Butcher
Nearly anything steampunk or urban fantasy
Batman, Green Lantern, Captain America, Deadpool, Avengers, Justice League, X-Men, Hellblazer
The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Pan's Labyrinth, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Evil Dead trilogy, Dawn of the Dead, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, American Beauty, Being John Malkovich, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Scott Pilgrim, Avengers, Deadpool
Supernatural, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rick and Morty, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Gotham, Adventure Time, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Steven Universe
Anything but country!
Emilie Autumn, Abney Park, Rasputina, Evanescence, Dresden Dolls, Professor Elemental, Voltaire, Lily Allen, Belle and Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand, Lady GaGa, Inkubus Sukkubus, Fiona Apple, Alanis Morissette, Feist, They Might Be Giants, Shonen Knife, Weird Al Yankovic
Sports are boring!