Books like The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

Holly Sykes, a sensitive teenager haunted by voices she calls the "radio people," abruptly leaves her mother’s home. Her sudden disappearance sparks a web of psychic phenomena, drawing her into confrontations with a cabal of mystics and their foes. The novel spans decades and locations—from the English countryside and medieval Swiss Alps to nineteenth‑century Australia, Shanghai, and a near‑future Manhattan townhouse—each setting linked by Holly’s visions. Her family’s arcs, including a Cambridge scholar, a conflicted war‑reporting father, and a writer in exile, intersect in a surreal, invisible struggle between mystical forces and secret societies. Through moments of ordinary grace and extraordinary wonder, the book explores mortality, coincidence, and the enduring influence of hidden wars that ripple through generations.

First publish date: 2014