Anxious People
★★★★☆
An unreliable narrator talks of an inept bank robber who first fails to rob a bank, then takes hostages at a real-estate viewing, and finally disappears, without a trace
In Ascension
★★☆☆☆
A Dutch marine biologist is part of a team which investigates a new undersea formation, and the findings tie in with a space mission
The City & the City
★★★★★
Police have to solve a crime in the city-state of Beszel, a bizarre place which shares streets and neighbourhoods with the equally bizarre city state of Ul Qoma
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
★★★★☆
Describes the first steps taken by humanity to explore space, and assesses the future before us as we step out into our system and beyond
The Time Traveller's Wife
★★★★☆
Henry has a rare condition which causes him to randomly jump in time, to various places in either the past or future
The Girl on the Train
★★★☆☆
A woman becomes obsessed with a couple she sees from her train window every day
The Chrysalids
★★★★☆
A community in a post-apocalyptic world strictly defines what it means to be human, and roots out any deviations as abominations
Luckiest Girl Alive
★★★☆☆
Ani seems to have it all; fancy job, glamourous life, rich fiancé. But her past hides horrendous secrets which still haunt her...
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
★★★★★
Years after English magic is thought dead, a magician Mr. Norrell comes forth to help England in the Napoleonic wars
Flatland: A romance of many dimensions
★★★★☆
An brief and entertaining mathematical satire, where a 2-dimensional being encounters a 3-dimensional one
The Dark Tower 2: The Drawing of the Three
★★★★☆
The gunslinger travels to New York, in our world, and enters the minds of three different people at different times
We have always lived in the Castle
★★★★☆
A psychological horror novel which defined the genre, taking gothic horror to the next level
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
★★★★☆
A lonely and isolated 30-something woman makes a friend, and starts to open herself up