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Crytonomicon next, then if you want to continue that story (sort of) The Baroque Cycle (three books).
Of his, I also loved Anathem, ReamDe (lots of Washington locations), and Termination Shock. And SeveneveS. (geez, I read a lot of his stuff).
I used to be his neighbor on Lake Washington in Seattle. Nice dude.
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell was also great.
The idea of simulating people's minds and what they would look like from their perspective along with a pile biblical/classic mythology metaphors.