Books: a little life The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Idiot by Elif Batuman The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed