New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick
The Events at Poroth Farm by T.E.D. Klein (novella)
The first three Parker novels (
The Hunter,
The Man With the Getaway Face,
The Outfit) by Richard Stark (Donald Westlake). The first was a revenge novel, the rest are heist novels.
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Books I liked better than I thought I would:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Honorable Mention:
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages (novella)
Being There by Jerzy Kosiński
Burglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household
For Christmas:
Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifter I listened on Librivox.