Crichton fans

[TitanDiddly]

Airframe. Simply rivetting. Andromeda Strain is great too.

However, prey was just too far-out and unlikely for me.

 

[Wuffsunie]

I like Great Train Robbery myself. Slick main character, cool setup
Second would be Terminal Man.
Third, Rising Sun

I read them around grade 6-8 as well, like others here. I have Timeline and Prey, but haven't read them yet.

Edit: I tried reading Grisham once. Got like 40-50 pages into The Firm, it did nothing for me. Haven't picked up one of his books since. I've read a little Koontz, though. No hurry to read more, as from all I've heard it's horribly derivative and just plays the same theme over and over.

 

[whistleclient]

Andromeda Strain

 

[xEDIT409]

I've only read "Timeline," so yeah... my vote goes to Timeline; which was good!