I've been thinking to read more as well, I'm into Sci-fi as long as it stays connected to reality instead of making up all sorts of flashy stuff, and enjoy most Fantasy, I've just finished Raymond E. Feist's 'Magician: Apprentice' and 'Magician: Master' and really enjoyed it

there's one book called Deus Ex Machina written by Pierre Ouellette that I can't forget, it's fascinating on how deep it travels into the science of DNA and computers, but keeping it relatively easy to understand for someone like me