The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
We are made up of different parts, some good, some bad, and a healthy mind can tolerate this ambivalence and juggle both..Mental illness is precisely about a lack of this kind of integration.
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When The Sky Falls by Joseph Bendoski
With all the real-life political drama that we are dealing with these days, this book is extremely relevant. But it also provides the fun & intellectual escape you expect from a psychological thriller
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The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Stories wanted to be read, David’s mother would whisper. They needed it. It was the reason they forced themselves from their world into ours. They wanted us to give them life.
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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein
I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can’t believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant.
But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old. -
The Martian by Andy Weir
Mark Watney is funny and resourceful. Good thing, since he’s stranded on Mars. The main takeaway from The Martian by Andy Weir is that with extreme determination, anything is possible.