I found a good one! Paulette Jiles, she of News of the World fame, wrote a dystopian novel called Lighthouse Island. Set in the far future, the earth has essentially turned into a one big dry, hot, city. A little girl, abandoned by her parents, dreams of finding a vacation paradise called Lighthouse Island, which is said to exist in the Pacific Northwest. It has gotten mixed reviews, but so far, two chapters in, it is still very much holding my interest. This is my day read.
My bedtime read is Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa. It is an thriller involving hostage taking, espionage, and revenge. Engrossing, but not to the point I have to stay up all night reading it - yet. The author's website says that every character in his novels are based on a real person, composite of several real people, or his own experience.