Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. I don't know why I never read this book. I'm only about 30 pages in, and I notice his writing is not as the level of complexity I expected; it reads quite fast. I guess it's more about the plot than the writing itself.
Contrasting with Carl Sagan's Demon Haunted World, which I just finished a few days ago, Sagan packs a lot of ideas into each sentence, and you have to keep track of the commas to stay with his intended message.