Before I go to sleep by S.J. Watson

Each night when Christine goes to sleep, she wakes up in a strange bed with a man, and each morning, Ben, the man next to her, and her husband, has to explain that due to an accident two decades earlier, she has lost her ability to form new memories, and must relive them all over again, as if they were brand new.

Confused, and unable to believe such a story, Christine begins to jot down what she remembers, in any form she can, in the hopes that someday, she’ll be able to go to sleep and wake up with her memories intact. But the harder she tries to piece together the truth, the crazier it seems.

With his debut novel, S.J. Watson has managed to succeed where little else has failed. His style is both direct and unapologetic, taking readers on an emotional rollercoaster through the labyrinth of a genre that has its fair share of contenders.