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The Peripheral (William Gibson, 2015) - Bleak, near future science fiction.

The Water Knife (Paolo Bacigalupi, 2015) - More bleak, near future science fiction.

Being Mortal (Atul Gawande, 2014) - Powerful book about old age and confronting the mortality of our loved ones

The Dark Forest (Cixin Liu, 2014) - Wonderful science fiction from China

Return of a King (William Dalrymple 2013) - A book about the Anglo-Afghan wars of the 19th century. To paraphrase Mark Twain: History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes