Janae's Book List
And every morning the way home gets longer and longer : a novella
Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author
2016
The humans
Haig, Matt, 1975- author
2013
Sent to Earth to complete a gruesome task, an extraterrestrial visitor takes the form of a Cambridge professor and unexpectedly forms a bond with the professor's family. He begins to see hope and beauty in human imperfections and to question the mission that brought him to Earth.
I who have never known men
Harpman, Jacqueline, author.
2019
'For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changed'. Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.
The in-between : unforgettable encounters during life's final moments
Vlahos, Hadley, author.
2023
Talking about death and dying is considered taboo in popular culture, even in the medical field. Passionate advocate for end-of-life care Hadley Vlahos is changing the conversation around death, showing that end-of-life care can teach us just as much about how to live as it does about how we die. Vlahos recounts the most impactful stories from the people she's worked with while also sharing her own fascinating journey. This is a heart-rending memoir about how caring for others can transform a life, while also offering wisdom and comfort for those dealing with loss and providing inspiration for how to live now.
Morgan is my name
Keetch, Sophie, author.
2023
Young Morgan of Cornwall lives a happy life in Tintagel Castle until King Uther Pendragon, with the help of the sorcerer Merlin, murders her father and tricks her mother into marriage. Furious, brilliant and vengeful, Morgan defies her brutal stepfather, taking up a secret education, discovering a lifelong affinity with the healing arts, and falling in love with a talented knight far beneath her station. Used as a bargaining chip in her stepfather’s war games, Morgan finds herself in a world of isolated castles and gossiping courts, amidst the machinations of kings, sorcerers and men. As the era of King Arthur approaches, she must use all her wit, knowledge and courage to fight against those who wish to deny her intelligence, crush her spirit and control her body.
My annihilation
Nakamura, Fuminori, 1977- author.
2022
"Japanese literary sensation Fuminori Nakamura's latest novel is as a dark look into human psyche--what turns someone into a killer? Can it be something as small as a suggestion? Turn this page, and you may forfeit your entire life. A confessional diary implicates its reader in a heinous crime, and reveals with disturbing honesty the psychological motives of a killer. With My Annihilation, Fuminori Nakamura, master of literary noir, has constructed a puzzle-box of a narrative that delves relentlessly intothe darkest corners of human consciousness, that interrogates the unspeakable thoughts that all humans share and that only monsters act on"-- Provided by publisher.
Physics of the future : how science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100
Kaku, Michio
2011
Piranesi
Clarke, Susanna, author
2020
Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house. There is one other person in the house-a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.
The song of Achilles
Miller, Madeline, author
2012
Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.