I've recently discovered Neal Stephenson. I binge read The Baroque Trilogy and am now on Cryptonomicon. Also recently finished 'The Bone Clocks' David Mitchell, which I couldn't put down.
I'm simultaneously reading 'Where Song Began' by Tim Low, a non-fiction book about the deep origins of birds, especially song birds. The evidence is that they originated in Australia (when it was Gondwana). He's a scientist but also an entertaining writer.