A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
At the heart of this story is the fact that, yes, life is scarier than any monster our imaginations can come up with.
Fiction
The State of the Art – Iain M. Banks
A short story collection with one novella from the Culture series
Broken April – Ismail Kadare
A short little novel about a side of Albania travelers hopefully won’t see – bloodfeuds
Never Deal with a Dragon – Robert N. Charrette
The first book in the novelized series from the Shadowrun RPG universe
Use of Weapons – Iain M. Banks
The third Culture Novel, wherein the weapon is a not particularly nice person.
Osama – Lavie Tidhar
Did you ever wish Philip K Dick sucked a little less? Well do I have news for you!
The Player of Games – Iain M. Banks
Second Culture novel was as good as the first
The File on H – Ismail Kadare
A funny short novel of the ‘strangers come to town’ variety by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare
The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch
A fantasy novel set in a fantasy Venice, with what feels like a pretty good feeling for what medieval Venice was like
Consider Phlebas – Iain M. Banks
Consider Phlebas is the first Culture novel. It seems pretty light on Culture.
