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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Girl on the Train

★★★☆☆
A woman becomes obsessed with a couple she sees from her train window every day

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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...

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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

★★★★★
Years after English magic is thought dead, a magician Mr. Norrell comes forth to help England in the Napoleonic wars

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We have always lived in the Castle

★★★★☆
A psychological horror novel which defined the genre, taking gothic horror to the next level

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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine

★★★★☆
A lonely and isolated 30-something woman makes a friend, and starts to open herself up

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Pachinko

★★★★★
A grand saga detailing the life of Sunja, from a small fishing village in occupied Korea to her life in Japan, and the repercussions of a decision she took as a teenager

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The Name of the Wind

★★★★★
Kvothe relates the story of his life, the tale of how he grew from a gifted child to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen

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Ice

★★★☆☆
Three personal narratives interconnect in a world where an ice age is imminent

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My Sister, The Serial Killer

★★★☆☆
Korede has to juggle her job as a nurse with her love for her murderous sister

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A Man Called Ove

★★★★☆
A curmudgeonly old man learns to love

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Little Fires Everywhere

★★★☆☆
Tensions boil to the surface when two families with vastly different ideologies clash in small town America

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I Who Have Never Known Men

★★★★★
A group of women try to find their way in a post-apocalyptic world where they are the only survivors

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