In the After by by Demitria Lunetta

That was an enjoyable and interesting post-apocalyptic thriller with a courageous young girl and a forsaken world full of vile creatures. This novel is intense. I especially liked the narration. In the After was a very memorable and well-written book, alternating suspenseful between past, present and future.  Characterization and depth are added step by step

The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq

An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence. Houellebecq shows the decline of human society. This novel is a journey towards a self-inflicted annihilation, where humankind will extinguish itself. We are tortured, contradictory, individualistic, quarrelsome and infinitely selfish beings barely different from