“Unsettled Ground” by Claire Fuller
Unsettled Ground is a beautiful and heart-wrenching tale of survival and disillusionment. Julius and Jeanie’s world shatters when their mother Dot dies, leaving them in a house they can’t keep nor pay for; without jobs, or money, or phones, or bank accounts and, most of all, without any explanation about why their life turned out to be the way it is.
“The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House is an unsettling ghost story told from the point of view of Eleanor, who grows more and more paranoid while she gets to know her companions in the meanderings of the terrible Hill House.
“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner is the story of Amir and Hassan’s friendship, which, though polluted by violence and wrong early choices, results to be stronger than distance, stronger than Taliban, stronger than war and even stronger than death.
“Life of Pi” by Yann Martell
Life of Pi is the story of Piscine Molitor Patel; an Indian boy who ends up being a castaway on a lifeboat for 277 days with a tiger.