I would highly recommend 'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts. Reads like a Thriller, has an excellent storyline, fantastic backdrop and best of all, it still holds it's own on terms of meaning and depth against the best of them out there!

If you want something shorter and more manageable I would recommend anything by Cory Doctorow (craphound.com), mostly short novelettes, fast paced, techie topics and well worth the read.

And if you find that you are too lazy to read yourself head over to podiobooks.com and find anything by Mur Lafferty. Great writing, great voice!

Enjoy :)