Hey wow Angrist, I did read the New York Trilogy. Well, the first one, City of Glass. It opened up a whole relationship with my World Lit teacher and I talked about MGS2 and the references in it.
I'm currently reading The Prestige by Christopher Priest, and The Pleasure of my Company by Steve Martin.
You say you like Crichton, Angrist - Are Jurassic Park and The Lost World good? I really, really loved Timeline and I'm looking into more Crichton.