&quot;The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared&quot;
by Jonas Jonasson
(Love it -- hilarious, witty, a pleasure to read)<p>&quot;Kafka on the Shore&quot; 
by Haruki Murakami
(Strange good -- but I&#x27;m not sure if I liked it as much as liked &quot;The Wild Sheep Chase&quot;)<p>&quot;One hundred years of solitude&quot;
by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
(Very slow, had a hard time honestly)<p>&quot;Gone Girl&quot;
by Gillian Flynn
(A fast, exciting read but found the ending unsatisfying. But would recommend)<p>&quot;Still Life with Woodpecker&quot;
by Tom Robbins
(Fantastic prose, fantastical characters and situations. Will read more from him)<p>And for technical books, I read &quot;The Art of Agile Development&quot;. Was alright.