And then only Use of Weapons? Where's Player or Phlebas_? Where's The Bridge? Where's Inversions? Ha? :-) In no particular order: The Iron Dragon's Daughter, Michael Swanwick Millagro Beanfield War, John Nicholls Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry Metropolitan & City on Fire, Walter Jon Williams Curse of Chalion, Lois McMaster Bujold A Song of Ice and Fire series, George R. R. Martin Last Call, Tim Powers Terry Pratchett, en general Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson Michael Dibdin, the Italian mysteries with Aurelio Zen Iain Banks, several books Mainly SF&F, as you can see, but it's in the front rows of my shelves.

-- erlik