Next - Michael Crichton. Genetic Engineering in the classic "world gone mad" (right now) Crichton style. A little melodramatic. And kinda blah.
In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje. In which the characters of Hannah, Patrick, and Caravaggio from The English Patient make their first appearances. Don't let the film version of The English Patient scare you off! His writing is transcendental...poetry disguised as prose.
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer. This is pretty much, like, the best book ever. Ok, maybe only the last ten years or so. Too many awards to mention. "Read it and you'll feel altered, chastened - seared in the fire of something new."
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold. Seems excellent so far...