What I'm presently reading:

The Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury

Tea from an Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan

The Seduction of Place by Joseph Rykwert

Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling

The Character of Cats by Stephen Budiansky

The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich

The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides