Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson
The Harsh Cry of the Heron
Lian Hearn
Man in the Middle
Brian Haig
Toxic Bachelors
Danielle Steel
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
Neil deGrasse Tyson
A brief history of time
Stephen Hawking
Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
Jared M. Diamond