Cryptonomicon   (book)

Cryptonomicon

This book was the first novel I had read in quite a while, after several much less riveting political, historical, or technical books. I really enjoyed the writing style and the subject matter, which was distinctively geeky (the book includes a cryptography-related perl script) while never straying too far from the main stories to completely disillusion the casual reader expecting a techno-thriller. The characters were also developed quite well, I thought—I actually ended up caring what happened to them. The last action scene was a bit over the top though. Those of you who have read it know what I'm talking about. All in all a great and definitely recommended read.