The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
The 3rd book in what-is-apparently the first Mistborn trilogy.
The world continues to deteriorate after Vin assassinates the Lord Ruler. Things are looking bleak as forces they don’t understand ravage the countryside. Then, a hero arises.
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
I really liked Anathem and was hoping for something in a similar vein of uniqueness in terms of world building. However, Reamde takes place in a contemporary setting. Mostly an action-adventure story with some bits of spy novel mixed in.
It was fine, but not quite what I was looking for at the moment. And it’s very long. Spent most of the month reading it.
Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich
A hurricane ravages New York City. One guy predicted the cascading failures and follow-on disasters around the event. But then decides to live a life of isolation.
I’m still not really sure what the point of the story was. The writing was fine, but when I finished it was mostly, “okay, I guess were done now.” But maybe that had to do with being phenomenally distracted by other events while trying to finish the last ~15%.