I've just realised I should have started this thread in the 'entertainment' hairier. Oh well.
Been enjoying the crime-with-a-comic-twist novels of Harlan Coben recently. On a similar, but darker, tip, 'The Havana Room' by Colin Harrison was most enjoyable.
Some all time favourites include 'The Long Walk' by Stephen King (originally written under his 'Richard Bachmann' pen name), Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' and 'The Diamond Age' by Neal Stephenson.
Currently reading the second in Stephenson's 'Baroque Cycle', 'The Confusion'. Bloody is confusing as well, especially at 800+ pages. Not as bad as the first in the trilogy, 'Quicksilver', though - 1000 (count 'em) pages of historical/scientific waffle. The hardest to get through book I've read by far.
In a non-fiction stylee, I'm also presently reading 'The Longest Crawl' by Ian Marchant - an account of a month long trawl from the most south-westerly pub in the British Isles to the most north-easterly. Very good; amusing, educational and just all-round nice and pubby. Highly recommended for all 'proper pub' fans.