This is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
I read this book BEFORE I read "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" and it was so amazing that I immediately started reading his earlier work.
Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer
Dyer's part memoir, part commentary is incredibly artful and engaging
Birds of a Lesser Paradise by Megan Mayhew Bergman
These short stories paint our complicated relationship with nature, from the hypocrisy of Greenpeacers to the sometimes animal-like capriciousness of our emotions.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I hadn't read a thriller since high school, but this book came so highly recommended that I had to read it. It certainly didn't disappoint. This tale of the aftermath of a woman gone missing will keep you up reading all night just so you can get to the very satisfying, very chilling ending.
As If by Michael Saler
Saler explores the motives behind members of societies devoted to imaginary worlds, such as those created by Tolkien and Doyle, and in doing so uncovers some fascinating truths about society.
Farther Away: Essays by Jonathan Franzen
If you haven't read Franzen's nonfiction, it's worth a look - I'd even say it's his strength.
How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life by Sheila Heti
Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
Rankin is very much the king of British crime fiction and if you haven’t read him yet there is a big chunk of pleasure missing from your life. This is the book that made his hero, Detective Inspector John Rebus, a household name. It sees Rebus juggling four cases trying to nail one killer - who might just lead back to the infamous killer Bible John. And he's doing it under the scrutiny of an internal inquiry led by a man he has just accused of taking backhanders from Glasgow's Mr Big..
6. The Hanging Shed by Gordon Ferris
Tartan noir gets no better than this. Set in Glasgow just after the war, it sees disenchanted ex-soldier Douglas Brodie try to save his childhood friend from the gallows in a dark, atmospheric tale.
The Black House by Peter May
The first in the Isle of Lewis trilogy, this thriller is so atmospheric that you’ll feel genuinely windswept and exhausted by the end of it. It sees Edinburgh detective Fin Macleod return to the island of his birth, where a childhood nemesis has been found brutally killed. On the island, Fin must face ghosts from his own dark past.
Dead Scared by S J Bolton
When a Cambridge student dramatically attempts to take her own life, DI Mark Joesbury realizes that the university has developed an unhealthy record of young people committing suicide in extraordinary ways. Young policewoman DC Lacey Flint is sent to work under-cover, posing as a depression-prone, vulnerable student. It’s a game of cat-and-mouse that will scare your pants off. It’s bound to be a movie soon but please read the book first. It’s unputdownable.
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