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Spinneret by Timothy Zahn (1985)

Sat, 09 May 2026 21:00:00 +0100

Spinneret by Timothy Zahn (1985)

Author: Timothy Zahn
First Published: November 1, 1985
Score: 8/10

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We are not alone in the universe. As Earth vessels ventured out to explore near interstellar space, they found not one alien race, but many. There were no planets that hadn’t already been colonized or inhabited by some space faring race other than our own. Until finally we humans discovered Astra. Elation was short lived, however, when it was realized that this habitable world contained no real metals.

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (1980)

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0100

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (1980)

Author: Umberto Eco
First Published: September 1, 1980
Score: 7/10

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The year is 1327. Benedictines in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon—all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where “the most interesting things happen at night.”

Travels by Michael Crichton (1988)

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Travels by Michael Crichton (1988)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: January 1, 1988
Score: 7/10

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Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. When Michael Crichton – a Harvard-trained physician, bestselling novelist, and successful movie director – began to feel isolated in his own life, he decided to widen his horizons. He tracked wild animals in the jungles of Rwanda. He climbed Kilimanjaro and Mayan pyramids. He trekked across a landslide in Pakistan. He swam amid sharks in Tahiti. Fueled by a powerful curiosity and the need to see, feel, and hear firsthand and close-up, Michael Crichton has experienced adventures as compelling as those he created in his books and films. These adventures – both physical and spiritual – are recorded here in Travels, Crichton’s most astonishing and personal work.

Stinger by Robert R. McCammon (1988)

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Stinger by Robert R. McCammon (1988)

Author: Robert R. McCammon
First Published: April 1, 1988
Score: 8/10

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McCammon’s novel takes place during a single twenty-four hour period in Inferno, Texas. Inferno is a town in trouble, driven to the brink by racial tension, gang violence, and a collapsing economy. But things can always get worse, and they do so with astonishing speed when an unidentified spacecraft crash lands in the desert outside of town, followed by a second craft bearing the alien being who will soon be known as Stinger. Stinger is a kind of interstellar hunter on a mission he intends to complete, whatever the cost. He brings with him an endless array of technological marvels and an infinite capacity for destruction that threaten the existence of Inferno, its inhabitants, and the larger world beyond.

The Overnight (Fear Street #3) by R.L. Stine (1989)

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0100

The Overnight (Fear Street #3) by R.L. Stine (1989)

Author: R.L. Stine
First Published: January 1, 1989
Series: Fear Street Book 3
Score: 6/10

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Della O’Connor joined the Outdoors Club to have adventures with her friends. So when their advisor can’t make it to the planned overnight excursion to Fear Island, she rallies her friends to make the trip on their own. Won’t it be more fun with no adults around?

But it doesn’t take long for the night to get out of hand. Della gets lost in the woods and then cornered by a dangerous stranger. She strikes back to save herself, and her friends vow to keep her violent secret.

Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) by William Gibson (1984)

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) by William Gibson (1984)

Author: William Gibson
First Published: July 1, 1984
Series: Sprawl Book 1
Score: 6/10

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Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, a mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case is ready for the adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

Usher's Passing by Robert R. McCammon (1984)

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0100

Usher’s Passing by Robert R. McCammon (1984)

Author: Robert R. McCammon
First Published: January 1, 1984
Score: 8/10

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In this most gothic of Robert McCammon’s novels, setting is key: the continuing saga of the Usher family (descended from the brother of Roderick and Madeline of Edgar Poe’s “Fall of the House of Usher”) takes place in the weird and picturesque heart of the North Carolina mountains. The haughty, aristocratic Ushers live in a mansion near Asheville; the poor but crafty mountain folk (whose families are just as ancient) live on Briartop Mountain nearby. At harvest time, when the book’s action unfolds, the mountains are a blaze of color. Add to the mixture a sinister history of mountain kids disappearing every year, a journalist investigating those disappearances, a monster called “The Pumpkin Man,” moldy books and paintings in a huge old library at the Usher estate, and a secret chamber with a strange device involving a brass pendulum and tuning forks–and you’ve got a splendid recipe for atmospheric horror.

Memorial do Convento by José Saramago (1982) [PT]

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0100

Memorial do Convento by José Saramago (1982) [PT]

Author: José Saramago
First Published: January 1, 1982
Score: 7/10

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No epicentro desta história está a construção do Palácio Nacional de Mafra, também conhecido como Convento. O monarca absolutista D. João V, cumprindo uma promessa, ordenou que o edifício fosse erguido no início do século XVIII, em pleno processo colonial, à custa de uma imensa quantidade de ouro e diamantes vindos do Brasil, além do sangue de milhares de operários. Dentre eles, havia um certo Baltasar, da estirpe de Sete-Sóis, inválido da mão esquerda depois de uma guerra, apaixonado por Blimunda, uma jovem dotada de poderes extraordinários. Indivíduos habitualmente não observados pela dita história oficial, mas que no entanto constituem seu tecido mais delicado e essencial.

Resurrection, Inc. by Kevin J. Anderson (1988)

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +0100

Resurrection, Inc. by Kevin J. Anderson (1988)

Author: Kevin J. Anderson
First Published: January 1, 1988
Score: 7/10

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It is the future — and the dead walk the streets, resurrected by technology to become servants to the living. Resurrection, Inc. found a profitable way to do it: a microprocessor brain, a synthetic heart, artificial blood — and anyone with money could buy a Servant with no mind of its own, trained to obey any command. But for every Servant created a living worker was out of a job, and suddenly the profits of Resurrection, Inc. became everyone else’s loss.

A Coming of Age by Timothy Zahn (1984)

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000

A Coming of Age by Timothy Zahn (1984)

Author: Timothy Zahn
First Published: January 1, 1984
Score: 7/10

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The children of Tigris have extraordinary telekinetic gifts—but are these special powers a blessing or a curse?On Tigris, children develop telekinesis beginning at the age of five. By the time they’re pre-teens, though, their special abilities peak, then slip away as they reach maturity. Being able to “teek” gives them power—even over most adults—until they gradually become regular teenagers, no longer special, no longer with authority and status. Some handle the Transition better than others. Lisa Duncan always thought she’d mature gracefully, but at age fourteen, and close to losing her abilities, she’s confused and uncertain about what the future will bring. That is, until she gets drawn into the experimental plan of Dr. Matthew Jarvis, whose scientific discovery may alter Tigrin society forever. . . .

The Sicilian (The Godfather #2) by Mario Puzo (1984)

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The Sicilian (The Godfather #2) by Mario Puzo (1984)

Author: Mario Puzo
First Published: November 1, 1984
Series: The Godfather Book 2
Score: 8/10

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The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption–and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone’s fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano.

Mystery Walk by Robert R. McCammon (1983)

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Mystery Walk by Robert R. McCammon (1983)

Author: Robert R. McCammon
First Published: January 1, 1983
Score: 7/10

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Born and raised in rural Alabama, Billy Creekmore was destined to be a psychic. His mother, a Choctaw Indian schooled in her tribe’s ancient mysticism, understands the permeable barrier between life and death—and can cross it. She taught the power to Billy and now he helps the dead rest in peace. Wayne Falconer, son of one of the most fervent tent evangelists in the South, travels the country serving his father’s healing ministry. Using his unique powers to cure the flock, Little Wayne is on his way to becoming one of the popular and successful miracle workers in the country. He helps the living survive. Billy and Wayne share more than a gift. They share a dream—and a common enemy. They are on separate journeys, mystery walks that will lead them toward a crossroad where the evil of their dreams has taken shape. One of them will reject the dark. The other will be consumed by it. But neither imagined just how monstrous and far-reaching the dark was, or that mankind’s fate would rest in their hands during an epic showdown of good versus evil.

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi by James Kahn (1983)

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi by James Kahn (1983)

Author: James Kahn
First Published: June 6, 1983
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 7/10

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It was a dark time for the rebel alliance…Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, had been delivered into the hands of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Determined to rescue him, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian launched a hazardous mission against Jabba’s Tatooine stronghold.The Rebel commanders gathered all the warships of the Rebel fleet into a single giant armada. And Darth Vader and the Emperor, who had ordered construction to begin on a new and even more powerful Death Star, were making plans to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all.

The Surprise Party (Fear Street #2) by R.L. Stine (1989)

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000

The Surprise Party (Fear Street #2) by R.L. Stine (1989)

Author: R.L. Stine
First Published: August 1, 1989
Series: Fear Street Book 2
Score: 6/10

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When an old friend returns to town, Meg plans a party to bring the old gang back together, but someone—or something—will do anything to keep it from happening in this chilling tale from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine.

A year ago, Meg Dalton’s group of friends fractured. Evan died in the Fear Street woods. Ellen moved away. The ones that stayed behind changed. And Meg felt as if she’d lost her best friends. Lately, even her boyfriend Tony has been acting moody and strange. But things may finally be looking up. Ellen is coming to visit! And what better way to bring old friends together than with a surprise party for her arrival?

The New Girl (Fear Street #1) by R.L. Stine (1989)

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0100

The New Girl (Fear Street #1) by R.L. Stine (1989)

Author: R.L. Stine
First Published: June 1, 1989
Series: Fear Street Book 1
Score: 6/10

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The new girl is as pale as a ghost, blond, and eerily beautiful – and she seems to need him as much as he wants her. Cory Brooks hungers for Anna Corwin’s kisses, drowns in her light blue eyes. He can’t get her out of his mind. He has been loosing sleep, ditching his friends…and everyone has noticed. Then as suddenly as she came to Shadyside High, Anna disappears. To find a cure for his obsession, Cory must go to Anna’s house on Fear Street – no matter what the consequences. Anna may be the love of his life…but finding out her secret might mean his death.

They Thirst by Robert R. McCammon (1981)

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0100

They Thirst by Robert R. McCammon (1981)

Author: Robert R. McCammon
First Published: January 1, 1981
Score: 8/10

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The Kronsteen castle, a gothic monstrosity, looms over Los Angeles. Built during Hollywood’s golden age for a long-dead screen idol with a taste for the macabre, it stands as a decaying reminder of the past. Since the owner’s murder, no living thing has ever again taken up residence. But it isn’t abandoned. Prince Conrad Vulkan, Hungarian master of the vampires, as old as the centuries, calls it home. His plan is to replace all humankind with his kind. And he’s starting with the psychotic dregs of society in the City of Angels.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut (1980)

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 21:00:00 +0100

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut (1980)

Author: Donald F. Glut
First Published: May 1, 1980
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 7/10

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Although they had won a significant battle, the war between the Rebels and the Empire had really just begun. Soon, Luke, Han, the princess and their faithful companions were forced to flee, scattering in all directions…the Dark Lord’s minions in fevered pursuit…

Nightflyers & Other Stories by George R.R. Martin (1985)

Sat, 18 May 2024 16:00:00 +0100

Nightflyers & Other Stories by George R.R. Martin (1985)

Author: George R.R. Martin
First Published: January 1, 1985
Score: 8/10

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On a voyage toward the boundaries of the known universe, nine misfit academics seek out first contact with a shadowy alien race.

But another enigma is the Nightflyer itself, a cybernetic wonder with an elusive captain no one has ever seen in the flesh. Soon, however, the crew discovers that their greatest mystery – and most dangerous threat – is an unexpected force wielding a thirst for blood and terror….

Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King (1983)

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King (1983)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: November 1, 1983
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Terror began in January—by the light of the full moon…

The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the werewolf’s fangs ripping at his throat. The next month there was a scream of ecstatic agony from the woman attacked in her cozy bedroom. Now scenes of unbelievable horror unfold each time the full moon shines on the isolated Maine town of Tarker’s Mills. No one knows who will be attacked next. But one thing is sure. When the full moon rises, a paralyzing fear sweeps through Tarker’s Mills. For snarls that sound like human words can be heard whining through the wind. And all around are the footprints of a monster whose hunger cannot be sated…

The Night Boat by Robert R. McCammon (1980)

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000

The Night Boat by Robert R. McCammon (1980)

Author: Robert R. McCammon
First Published: August 1, 1980
Score: 7/10

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Robert Moore had a cushy life in Baltimore. The son of a bank president, he could have had the old man’s job if he’d just waited in line. But Moore isn’t the patient type, and rather than spend his life trapped behind a desk, he decamped for the Caribbean, to pass his days diving beneath the perfect blue sea. One day, diving deeper than usual, he spies a sunken ship. His investigations disrupt an unexploded depth charge, which hurls Robert to the surface with the sunken ship not far behind.

Bethany's Sin by Robert R. McCammon (1980)

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Bethany’s Sin by Robert R. McCammon (1980)

Author: Robert R. McCammon
First Published: January 1, 1980
Score: 7/10

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A family moves to a small town dominated by a murderous cult Despite its eerie name, Bethany’s Sin is a pleasant place. After a life of grim poverty, this new community seems like heaven to Evan Reid and his family. With its quaint shops, manicured lawns, and fresh summer smell, the town charms the Vietnam veteran, his wife, and their daughter like nowhere else they have ever been. But beneath that cheerful façade lurks something deadly. As soon as they enter their new house, Evan is consumed by fear. He can’t place its source, but there is something about the town’s mayor, Kathryn Drago, which makes him uneasy. By day she is a harmless retired archaeologist. But at night she leads an Amazonian cult whose next ritual calls for a secret the blood of Evan Reid.

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (1985)

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 19:40:00 +0000

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (1985)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: June 21, 1985
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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In a bumper collection of truly chilling tales, we meet Gramma - who only wanted to hug little George, even after she was dead; The Raft - a primeval sea creature with an insatiable appetite; The Monkey - an innocent-looking toy with sinister powers; the unspeakable horror of The Mist. And there is a gruesome host of other stories, each with the distinctive blend of unimaginable terror and realism that typifies King’s writing.

Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6) by Frank Herbert (1985)

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:00:00 +0100

Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6) by Frank Herbert (1985)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: April 1, 1985
Series: Dune Book 6
Score: 8/10

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The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres. Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest—the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune’s power.

Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade, the Bene Gesserit have colonized a green world on the planet Chapterhouse and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. And once they’ve mastered breeding sandworms, the Sisterhood will control the production of the greatest commodity in the known galaxy—the spice melange. But their true weapon remains a man who has lived countless lifetimes—a man who served under the God Emperor Paul Muad’Dib….

The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale #1) by Margaret Atwood (1985)

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:00 +0100

The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid’s Tale #1) by Margaret Atwood (1985)

Author: Margaret Atwood
First Published: August 1985
Series: The Handmaid’s Tale Book 1
Score: 9/10

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The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population.

The Dark Half by Stephen King (1989)

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 17:35:00 +0100

The Dark Half by Stephen King (1989)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: October 20th 1989
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent. He’d like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home. But how can Thad disown the ultimate embodiment of evil that goes by the name he gave it-and signs its crimes with Thad’s bloody fingerprints?

Heretics of Dune (Dune #5) by Frank Herbert (1984)

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:00:00 +0100

Heretics of Dune (Dune #5) by Frank Herbert (1984)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: April 1st 1984
Series: Dune Book 5
Score: 8/10

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Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and spread out beyond the reaches of known space. The planet Arrakis—now called Rakis—has reverted to its desert climate, and its great sandworms are dying.

The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (1987)

Thu, 05 May 2022 16:45:00 +0100

The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (1987)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: November 10th 1987
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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The Tommyknockers is a 1987 horror novel by Stephen King. While maintaining a horror style, the novel is more of an excursion into the realm of science fiction, as the residents of the Maine town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried in the woods.

God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) by Frank Herbert (1981)

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 21:00:00 +0100

God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) by Frank Herbert (1981)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: May 6th 1981
Series: Dune Book 4
Score: 8/10

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Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world’s savior, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, is still alive but far from human. To preserve humanity’s future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him near immortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past thirty-five hundred years.

The Running Man by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1982)

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 22:00:00 +0000

The Running Man by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1982)

Author: Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
First Published: May 1st 1982
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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The Running Man is set within a dystopian future in which the poor are seen more by the government as worrisome rodents than actual human beings. The protagonist of The Running Man, Ben Richards, is quick to realize this as he watches his daughter, Cathy, grow more sick by the day and tread closer and closer to death. Desperate for money to pay Cathy’s medical bills, Ben enlists himself in a true reality style game show where the objective is to merely stay alive.

The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #1) by Tad Williams (1988)

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:30:00 +0000

The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #1) by Tad Williams (1988)

Author: Tad Williams
First Published: October 25th 1988
Series: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Book 1
Score: 10/10

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With The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams introduced readers to the incredible fantasy world of Osten Ard. His beloved, internationally bestselling series Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn inspired a generation of modern fantasy writers, including George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, and Christopher Paolini, and defined Tad Williams as one of the most important fantasy writers of our time.

Roadwork by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1981)

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:00:00 +0000

Roadwork by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1981)

Author: Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
First Published: March 1981
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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In this gritty narrative, a lone man takes on the wheels of progress in a showdown of cataclysmic proportions. When a highway project puts him out of work and threatens to destroy his home, he has more than enough time on his hands to plot his revenge. Driving his wife and friends away with his obstinate refusal to give in, he pushes the powers-that-be to the limit, taking a stand against what he sees as a criminal act in progress. Building to a shattering climax, ROADWORK is a suspenseful tale you won’t soon forget!

Misery by Stephen King (1987)

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Misery by Stephen King (1987)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: June 8th 1987
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Paul Sheldon is a best-selling novelist who has finally met his number-one fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes, and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul’s nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also furious that the author has killed off her favorite character in his latest book. Annie becomes his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.

Thinner by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1984)

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Thinner by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (1984)

Author: Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
First Published: November 19th 1984
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Billy Halleck commits vehicular homicide when his lack of attention to driving results in the death of an old lady on the street. Overweight Halleck is a lawyer with connections, though, and gets off with a slap on the wrist. After his trial, a gypsy curses him with a single word, “Thinner.” Halleck begins to lose weight uncontrollably and must pursue the band of gypsies who are responsible for his dwindling condition.

The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3) by Anne Rice (1988)

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0100

The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3) by Anne Rice (1988)

Author: Anne Rice
First Published: 1988
Series: The Vampire Chronicles Book 3
Score: 6/10

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In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire . . . in 1985, a wild and voluptous voice spoke to us, telling the story of The Vampire Lestat. In The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice continues her extraordinary “Vampire Chronicles” in a feat of mesmeric storytelling, a chillingly hypnotic entertainment in which the oldest and most powerful forces of the night are unleashed on an unsuspecting world.

Sphere by Michael Crichton (1987)

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Sphere by Michael Crichton (1987)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: May 12th 1987
Score: 9/10

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From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Congo comes a psychological thriller about a group of scientists who investigate a spaceship discovered on the ocean floor.

In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface, a huge vessel is unearthed. Rushed to the scene is a team of American scientists who descend together into the depths to investigate the astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a spaceship, but apparently it is undamaged by its fall from the sky. And, most startling, it appears to be at least three hundred years old, containing a terrifying and destructive force that must be controlled at all costs.

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (1987)

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:00:00 +0100

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (1987)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: February 2nd 1987
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 5/10

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A kingdom is in turmoil after old King Roland dies and his worthy successor, Prince Peter, is imprisoned by the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas. But Flagg’s evil plot is not perfect, for he knows naught of Thomas’s terrible secret - or Prince Peter’s daring plan to escape to claim what is rightfully his. A tale of archetypal heroes and sweeping adventures, of dragons and princes and evil wizards, here is epic fantasy as only Stephen King could envision it. Stephen King has taken the classic fairy tale and transformed it into a masterpiece of fiction for the ages.

Congo by Michael Crichton (1980)

Sun, 23 May 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Congo by Michael Crichton (1980)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: 1980
Score: 7/10

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From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a gripping thriller about the shocking demise of eight American geologists in the darkest region of the Congo.

Deep in the African rain forest, near the ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, a field expedition is brutally killed. At the Houston-based Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc., a horrified supervisor watches a gruesome video transmission of that ill-fated group and sees a haunting, grainy, man-like blur moving amongst the bodies. In San Francisco, an extraordinary gorilla named Amy, who has a 620-sign vocabulary, may hold the secret to that fierce carnage. Immediately, a new expedition is sent to the Congo with Amy in tow, descending into a secret, forbidden world where the only escape may be through the grisliest death.

Different Seasons by Stephen King (1982)

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Different Seasons by Stephen King (1982)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: August 27th 1982
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas from Stephen King bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters. “The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is,” hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons.

It by Stephen King (1986)

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:51:00 +0000

It by Stephen King (1986)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: September 15th 1986
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 10/10

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It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real…

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name.

Contact by Carl Sagan (1985)

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 22:43:00 +0100

Contact by Carl Sagan (1985)

Author: Carl Sagan
First Published: September 1985
Score: 9/10

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The future is here…in an adventure of cosmic dimension. In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who - or what - is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future - and our own.

Aliens by Alan Dean Foster (1986)

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:35:00 +0000

Aliens by Alan Dean Foster (1986)

Author: Alan Dean Foster
First Published: 1986
Series: Alien Series
Score: 7/10

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Having survived one encounter with an alien, Ripley is persuaded to return to the planet where her crew found the alien ship. A colony has been established there, but suddenly all contact with the settlers has been lost. Accompanied by marines, Ripley is going to find out why.

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (1984)

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 22:36:00 +0100

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (1984)

Author: Stephen King and Peter Straub
First Published: 1984
Series: The Talisman Book 1 and a Stephen King Novels
Score: 9/10

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On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America–and into another realm.

Ender's Game (Ender's Saga #1) by Orson Scott Card (1985)

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:47:00 +0000

Ender’s Game (Ender’s Saga #1) by Orson Scott Card (1985)

Author: Orson Scott Card
First Published: 1985
Series: Ender’s Saga Book 1
Score: 10/10

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Andrew “Ender” Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast.

Pet Sematary by Stephen King (1983)

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:59:00 +0000

Pet Sematary by Stephen King (1983)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: November 14th 1983
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 9/10

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Never before available on unabridged audio! Dexter’s Michael C. Hall reads this classic horror story described by Publishers Weekly as the “most frightening novel Stephen King has ever written”.

When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic, rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow’s tranquility, there’s an undercurrent of danger that lingers…like the graveyard in the woods near the Creeds’ home, where generations of children have buried their beloved pets.

Cosmos by Carl Sagan (1980)

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 21:50:00 +0100

Cosmos by Carl Sagan (1980)

Author: Carl Sagan
First Published: 1980
Score: 9/10

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Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space. Featuring a new Introduction by Sagan’s collaborator, Ann Druyan, and a new Foreword by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos retraces the fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution that have transformed matter into consciousness, exploring such topics as the origin of life, the human brain, Egyptian hieroglyphics, spacecraft missions, the death of the Sun, the evolution of galaxies, and the forces and individuals who helped to shape modern science.

Christine by Stephen King (1983)

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 22:40:00 +0000

Christine by Stephen King (1983)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: April 29th 1983
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Evil is alive in Libertyville. It inhabits a custom-painted red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury and the teenage boy, Arnold Cunningham, who buys it from the strange Roland LeBay.

Helped by Arnold’s girlfriend Leigh Cabot, Dennis Guilder embarks to find out the real truth behind Christine and finds more than he bargained for: from murder, to suicide, and a strange feeling that surrounds Christine – she gets even with anyone that crosses her! Can Dennis save Arnold from the evil that is Christine?

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King (1982)

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:38:00 +0100

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King (1982)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: June 1st 1982
Series: The Dark Tower #1), Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1978, the publication of Stephen King’s epic work of fantasy – what he considers to be a single long novel and his magnum opus – has spanned a quarter of a century.

Cujo by Stephen King (1981)

Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:55:00 +0100

Cujo by Stephen King (1981)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: September 8th 1981
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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Left to fend for herself by her workaholic husband, Donna Trenton takes her ailing Pinto to Joe Cambers’s garage for repairs-only to be trapped with her son, Tad, in the sweltering car by the Cambers’s once-friendly Saint Bernard, Cujo, now a monstrous and rabid killer.

Firestarter by Stephen King (1980)

Sun, 04 Oct 2015 22:46:00 +0100

Firestarter by Stephen King (1980)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: September 29th 1980
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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First, a man and a woman are subjects of a top-secret government experiment designed to produce extraordinary psychic powers.

Then, they are married and have a child. A daughter.

Early on the daughter shows signs of a wild and horrifying force growing within her. Desperately, her parents try to train her to keep that force in check, to “act normal.”

The Wealthy Barber by David H. Chilton (1989)

Fri, 06 Feb 2015 23:36:00 +0000

The Wealthy Barber by David H. Chilton (1989)

Author: David H. Chilton
First Published: 1989
Score: 6/10

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David Chilton’s popular The Wealthy Barber is a good starting point for anyone who wants to construct a personal financial plan. Many people are so scared of dealing with their money that they don’t do anything at all–only to suffer for it over the long haul. Chilton shows that planning is simple and you don’t have be a whiz kid to set yourself on the route to financial security. “When I finally learned the basics of financial planning, I couldn’t believe how straightforward they were. It’s just common sense,” is the overarching message.