With a couple of exceptions (Accelerando and Glasshouse) I recommend pretty much everything he's done, including the weird cross-time series that starts with The Family Business. My personal favorites, though, are The Atrocity Archives and his tangentially related short story "A Colder War".
Reposted for great justice, some takes on Stross books from earlier LJ entries: Glasshouse (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/518141.html) The Jennifer Morgue (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/515317.html) The Clan Corporate (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/504277.html) Toast (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/310118.html) The Atrocity Archives (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/304145.html) Iron Sunrise (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/299972.html) Singularity Sky (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/299038.html) The Family Business (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/292770.html)
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Reposted for great justice, some takes on Stross books from earlier LJ entries:
Glasshouse (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/518141.html)
The Jennifer Morgue (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/515317.html)
The Clan Corporate (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/504277.html)
Toast (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/310118.html)
The Atrocity Archives (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/304145.html)
Iron Sunrise (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/299972.html)
Singularity Sky (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/299038.html)
The Family Business (http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/292770.html)