Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (200() Delacorte Press

People are watching Reacher.  They intend to kill him.  But they don’t know Jack Reacher, and that’s their problem.

E by Kate Wrath (2014) CreateSpace 

First offence, erasure.  Second offense, death.  A nameless girl is dropped into an outpost where the most basic needs are almost impossible to come by.  Robots enforce the law without recourse.  How can people escape, let alone survive in such a world?

This is the first best-selling book (according to Amazon) from a self-publisher to become popular with the general public.  It will be interesting to see how the platform/publisher fares with regards to promoting their authors to the New York Times best selling list.

Battle Lines: A Graphic History of the Civil War - Ari Kelman & Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (2015) Hill and Wang 

A beautiful rendition of ordinary scenes mixed with battles that represent the darkest period of our history.

Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman (1997) Verigo 

A successful singer-songwriter loses her child from her only heterosexual encounter.  When death arrives, she promises to take her son’s place, the next time death returns in trade for letting her son live a while longer.

Julio's Day by Gilbert Hernandez (2013) Fantagraphics 

The story of a man born in 1900 who lives for 100 years.  One century told from a single life.  At his birth, the family thinks he will become an opera singer or a politician.  What he becomes is a surprise to himself and everyone else.

Glacial Period by Nicolas De Crecy (2007) Nbm Publishing Co.

An artist imagines a future ice-age where a team has discovered the ruins of the Louvre, buried in the snow.  They try to interpret the artifacts they see from their future perspective.  Accompanied by their pig-like talking dogs, the presentation is amusing and wonderfully drawn.