An NPR Best Book of 2016. "I'm Thinking of Ending Things is one of the best debut novels I've ever read. Iain Reid has created a taut, angry little book with a lasting tension that builds to the visionary, shocking final pages" (Scott Heim, award-winning author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear). I'm thinking of ending things. Once this thought arises, it lingers. It sticks. It stays. It is always there. Always. Jake once said, "Sometimes a thought is closer to the truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought." And here is what I think: I don't want to be here. In this "dark and gripping... irresistible" (Booklist, starred review) literary thriller, debut novelist Iain Reid explores the depths of the human psyche and questions consciousness, free will, and the value of relationships.