Want to read: Siddartha Mukherjee - The emperor of all maladies / The gene

Books on cancer and genetics

Want to Read: Oliver Sacks - Gratitude

Essays, written mostly in the year leading up to his death.

Want to read: H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald

Memoir of a writer and her pet goshawk.

Want to read: Kate Atkinson - A God in Ruins

Sequel of sorts to "Life after Life"

Want to Read - Octavia Butler

Recommended by Freeman Dyson. Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents.

Want to read. Emily St. John Mandel. Station Eleven.

Time-shifting post-apocalyptic novel with a  magnificent depth.

Want to read: Michael Faber - The book of strange new things

A man sent as missionary to a strange new world.