AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016

“I’m Thinking of Ending Things is one of the best debut books I’ve ever read. Iain Reid offers crafted a tight, ferocious little reserve, with a consistent tenor of suspense that tightens and mounts toward its visionary, harrowing last pages” (Scott Heim, award-winning author of Mysterious Epidermis and We Disappear).

I’m thinking of ending items. Once this believed arrives, it remains. It sticks. It lingers. It’s often there. Always.

Jake once said, “Sometimes a about I’m Thinking of Ending Things thought is nearer to truth, to fact, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, nevertheless, you can’t fake a thought.”

And here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t desire to be here.

In this “dark and compelling…unputdownable” (Booklist, starred critique) literary thriller, debut novelist Iain Reid explores the depths from the human psyche, questioning consciousness, free will, the worthiness of relationships, dread, and the limitations of solitude. Similar to Jose Saramago’s early function, Michel Faber’s cult classic Under the Pores and skin, and Lionel Shriver’s We have to Talk about Kevin, I’m Thinking of Ending Things is an edgy, haunting debut. Tense, gripping, and atmospheric, this novel “packs a large psychological punch using a twisty story line and an ending that will leave visitors breathless” (Library Journal, starred review).