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My vote would go for "Spin" and "Vortex" by Robert Charles Wilson. Conspicuously absent is the 2nd book in the series, "Axis" (Spin and Vortex are the first and third, respectively), which wasn't that great. Spin took the Hugo award in 2006.
For space opera, I'd go with Peter F. Hamilton's Void trilogy (Dreaming Void, Temporal Void and Evolutionary Void). The books are incredibly fast paced, follow a multitude of well-developed characters and have very good world building.
And maybe not strictly sci-fi, but I would also give a nod to Neil Gaiman's American God's. Just a great book.
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