Return of a King (William Dalrymple 2013) - A book about the Anglo-Afghan wars of the 19th century. To paraphrase Mark Twain: History doesn&#x27;t repeat, but it rhymes<p>Being Mortal (Atul Gawande, 2014) - Powerful book about old age and confronting the mortality of our loved ones<p>The Dark Forest (Cixin Liu, 2014) - Wonderful science fiction from China<p>The Peripheral (William Gibson, 2015) - Bleak, near future science fiction.<p>The Water Knife (Paolo Bacigalupi, 2015) - More bleak, near future science fiction.