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The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (1995)

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000

The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (1995)

Author: Stephen Baxter
First Published: January 1, 1995
Series: The Time Machine Universe
Score: 10/10

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The highly-acclaimed sequel to H G Wells’s THE TIME MACHINE, from the heir to Arthur C. Clarke.

Written to celebrate the centenary of the publication of H G Wells’s classic story The Time Machine, Stephen Baxter’s stunning sequel is an outstanding work of imaginative fiction.

The Time Traveller has abandoned his charming and helpless Eloi friend Weena to the cannibal appetites of the Morlocks, the devolved race of future humans from whom he was forced to flee. He promptly embarks on a second journey to the year AD 802,701, pledged to rescue Weena. He never arrives! The future was changed by his presence… and will be changed again. Hurled towards infinity, the Traveller must resolve the paradoxes building around him in a dazzling temporal journey of discovery. He must achieve the impossible if Weena is to be saved.

Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive #3) by Brandon Sanderson (2017)

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive #3) by Brandon Sanderson (2017)

Author: Brandon Sanderson
First Published: November 14, 2017
Series: The Stormlight Archive Book 3
Score: 10/10

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In Oathbringer humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their thirst for vengeance.

Dalinar Kholin’s Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified.

Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:00:00 +0100

Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)

Author: Bram Stoker
First Published: May 26, 1897
Score: 10/10

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Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula’s attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and a woman led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) by Brandon Sanderson (2014)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) by Brandon Sanderson (2014)

Author: Brandon Sanderson
First Published: March 4, 2014
Series: The Stormlight Archive Book 2
Score: 10/10

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Six years ago, the Assassin in White, a hireling of the inscrutable Parshendi, assassinated the Alethi king on the very night a treaty between men and Parshendi was being celebrated. So began the Vengeance Pact among the highprinces of Alethkar and the War of Reckoning against the Parshendi.

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson (2010)

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +0000

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson (2010)

Author: Brandon Sanderson
First Published: August 31, 2010
Series: The Stormlight Archive Book 1
Score: 10/10

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Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.

The Godfather (The Godfather #1) by Mario Puzo (1969)

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0100

The Godfather (The Godfather #1) by Mario Puzo (1969)

Author: Mario Puzo
First Published: March 10, 1969
Series: The Godfather Book 1
Score: 10/10

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With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.

A #1 New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo’s epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched. A tale of family and society, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it reveals the dark passions of human nature played out against a backdrop of the American dream.

Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space #4) by Alastair Reynolds (2021)

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:30:00 +0100

Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space #4) by Alastair Reynolds (2021)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: October 12, 2021
Series: Revelation Space Book 4
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 10/10

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For thirty years a tiny band of humans has been sheltering in the caverns of an airless, crater-pocked world called Michaelmas. Beyond their solar system lie the ruins of human interstellar civilization, stalked by a ruthless, infinitely patient cybernetic entity determined to root out the last few bands of survivors. One man has guided the people of Michaelmas through the hardest of times, and given them hope against the Miguel de Ruyter.When a lone human ship blunders into their system, and threatens to lead the wolves to Michaelmas, de Ruyter embarks on a desperate, near-suicide mission to prevent catastrophe. But an encounter with a refugee from the ship—the enigmatic woman who calls herself only Glass—leads to de Ruyter’s world being turned upside down.

The Green Mile by Stephen King (1996)

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000

The Green Mile by Stephen King (1996)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: January 1, 1996
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 10/10

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Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with “Old Sparky,” Cold Mountain’s electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. But he’s never seen anyone like John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. In this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about Coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefes… and yours.

Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga #6) by Pierce Brown (2023)

Sat, 07 Oct 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga #6) by Pierce Brown (2023)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: July 25, 2023
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 6
Score: 10/10

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“The measure of a man is not the fear he sows in his enemies. It is the hope he gives his friends.”—Virginia au Augustus

The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains.

Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon (1991)

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Boy’s Life by Robert R. McCammon (1991)

Author: Robert R. McCammon
First Published: August 1, 1991
Score: 10/10

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An Alabama boy’s innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song.

It’s 1964 in idyllic Zephyr, Alabama. People either work for the paper mill up the Tecumseh River, or for the local dairy. It’s a simple life, but it stirs the impressionable imagination of twelve-year-old aspiring writer Cory Mackenson. He’s certain he’s sensed spirits whispering in the churchyard. He’s heard of the weird bootleggers who lurk in the dark outside of town. He’s seen a flood leave Main Street crawling with snakes. Cory thrills to all of it as only a young boy can.

To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #3) by Tad Williams (1993)

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 18:30:00 +0100

To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #3) by Tad Williams (1993)

Author: Tad Williams
First Published: March 1993
Series: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Book 3
Score: 10/10

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The evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King are beginning their final preparations for the kingdom-shattering culmination of their dark sorceries, drawing King Elias ever deeper into their nightmarish, spell-spun world.

As the Storm King’s power grows and the boundaries of time begin to blur, the loyal allies of Prince Josua struggle to rally their forces at the Stone of Farewell. There, too, Simon and the surviving members of the League of the Scroll have gathered for a desperate attempt to unravel mysteries from the forgotten past.

Dark Age (Red Rising Saga #5) by Pierce Brown (2019)

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:00:00 +0100

Dark Age (Red Rising Saga #5) by Pierce Brown (2019)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: July 30th 2019
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 5
Score: 10/10

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He broke the chains. Then he broke the world….

A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw.

Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury, in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy? Will another legend rise to take his place?

Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #2) by Tad Williams (1990)

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:30:00 +0000

Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #2) by Tad Williams (1990)

Author: Tad Williams
First Published: August 7th 1990
Series: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Book 2
Score: 10/10

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It is a time of darkness, dread, and ultimate testing for the realm of Osten Ard, for the wild magic and terrifying minions of the undead Sithi ruler, Ineluki the Storm King, are spreading their seemingly undefeatable evil across the kingdom.

With the very land blighted by the power of Ineluki’s wrath, the tattered remnants of a once-proud human army flee in search of a last sanctuary and rallying point—the Stone of Farewell, a place shrouded in mystery and ancient sorrow.

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.

Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga #4) by Pierce Brown (2018)

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:00:00 +0000

Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga #4) by Pierce Brown (2018)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: January 16th 2018
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 4
Score: 10/10

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They call him father, liberator, warlord, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the pale blue planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-second of his life.

A decade ago, Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has shattered everything: Instead of peace and freedom, it has brought endless war. Now he must risk everything he has fought for on one last desperate mission. Darrow still believes he can save everyone, but can he save himself?

Forever Free (The Forever War #3) by Joe Haldeman (1999)

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Forever Free (The Forever War #3) by Joe Haldeman (1999)

Author: Joe Haldeman
First Published: December 1999
Series: The Forever War Book 3
Score: 10/10

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Veterans of the intergalactic Forever War must brave an alien universe to escape mind-control slavery in this thrilling far-future sci-fi adventure.

On virtually every list of the greatest military science fiction adventures ever written, Joe Haldeman’s Hugo and Nebula Award–winning classic, The Forever War, is ranked at the very top. In Forever Free, the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master and author of the acclaimed Worlds series returns to that same volatile universe where human space marines once engaged the alien Taurans in never-ending battle.

Morning Star (Red Rising Saga #3) by Pierce Brown (2016)

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Morning Star (Red Rising Saga #3) by Pierce Brown (2016)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: February 9th 2016
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 3
Score: 10/10

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Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating conclusion to the Red Rising Trilogy: Morning Star.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.

Forever Peace (The Forever War #2) by Joe Haldeman (1997)

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Forever Peace (The Forever War #2) by Joe Haldeman (1997)

Author: Joe Haldeman
First Published: October 1997
Series: The Forever War Book 2
Score: 10/10

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T2043 A.D.: The Ngumi War rages. A burned-out soldier and his scientist lover discover a secret that could put the universe back to square one. And it is not terrifying. It is tempting…

Golden Son (Red Rising Saga #2) by Pierce Brown (2015)

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Golden Son (Red Rising Saga #2) by Pierce Brown (2015)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: January 6th 2015
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 2
Score: 10/10

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Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom.

As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds—and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eo, his true love and inspiration, laid down her own life. He becomes a Gold, infiltrating their privileged realm so that he can destroy it from within.

Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert (1965)

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert (1965)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: June 1965
Series: Dune Book 1
Score: 10/10

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Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for….

The Forever War (The Forever War #1) by Joe Haldeman (1974)

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:30:00 +0100

The Forever War (The Forever War #1) by Joe Haldeman (1974)

Author: Joe Haldeman
First Published: December 1974
Series: The Forever War Book 1
Score: 10/10

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The Earth’s leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy that they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space and time to fight in the distant thousand-year conflict; to perform his duties without rancor and even rise up through military ranks. Pvt. Mandella is willing to do whatever it takes to survive the ordeal and return home. But “home” may be even more terrifying than battle, because, thanks to the time dilation caused by space travel, Mandella is aging months while the Earth he left behind is aging centuries.

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1) by Pierce Brown (2014)

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1) by Pierce Brown (2014)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: January 28th 2014
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 1
Score: 10/10

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Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.

Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

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.

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.

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895)

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 21:51:00 +0100

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895)

Author: H.G. Wells
First Published: May 7th 1895
Series: The Time Machine Universe
Score: 10/10

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So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes…and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine’s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he discovers two bizarre races—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well. Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells’s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.

Getting Things Done by David Allen (2001)

Tue, 10 May 2016 22:49:00 +0100

Getting Things Done by David Allen (2001)

Author: David Allen
First Published: 2001
Score: 10/10

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With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, “flow,” “mind like water,” and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you’d almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance.

Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-do’s clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists–all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you’re working on. However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organized, we could turn ourselves into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen, whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has dubbed “the personal productivity guru,” suggests that instead of meditating on crouching tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech saber known as the cell phone and attack that list of calls you need to return.)

Ready Player One (Ready Player One #1) by Ernest Cline (2011)

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 23:31:00 +0000

Ready Player One (Ready Player One #1) by Ernest Cline (2011)

Author: Ernest Cline
First Published: August 16th 2011
Series: Ready Player One Book 1
Score: 10/10

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It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)

Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:37:00 +0100

Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)

Author: Bram Stoker
First Published: May 26th 1897
Score: 10/10

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Because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil Transylvanian count and the success of numerous film adaptations that have been created over the years, the modern audience hasn’t had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker’s original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we’ve tried something different. By returning to Stoker’s original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we’ve sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.