9/10 Books on paapereira.xyz

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #3) by Alastair Reynolds (2024)

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #3) by Alastair Reynolds (2024)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: January 16, 2024
Series: Prefect Dreyfus Emergency Book 3
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city-states orbiting the planet Yellowstone.

Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply’s most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organization?

Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #2) by Alastair Reynolds (2018)

Sat, 24 May 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #2) by Alastair Reynolds (2018)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: January 23, 2018
Series: Prefect Dreyfus Emergency Book 2
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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Ten thousand city-state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near-perfect democratic human paradise.

But even utopia needs a police force. For the citizens of the Glitter Band that organization is Panoply, and the prefects are its operatives.

Prefect Tom Dreyfus has a new emergency on his hands. Across the habitats and their hundred million citizens, people are dying suddenly and randomly, victims of a bizarre and unprecedented malfunction of their neural implants. And these “melters” leave no clues behind as to the cause of their deaths…

Aurora Rising (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #1) by Alastair Reynolds (2007)

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Aurora Rising (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #1) by Alastair Reynolds (2007)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: April 12, 2007
Series: Prefect Dreyfus Emergency Book 1
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a law enforcement officer with the Panoply. His beat is the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone, the teeming hub of a human interstellar empire spanning many worlds. His current case: investigating a murderous attack against one of the habitats that leaves nine hundred people dead. But his investigation uncovers something far more serious than mass slaughter-a covert plot by an enigmatic entity who seeks nothing less than total control of the Glitter Band.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954)

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0100

Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954)

Author: William Golding
First Published: September 17, 1954
Score: 9/10

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As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding’s compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, and even a vision of the apocalypse. But above all, it has earned its place as one of the indisputable classics of the twentieth century for readers of any age.

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (2009)

Sat, 11 May 2024 15:20:00 +0100

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (2009)

Author: Brandon Sanderson
First Published: June 9, 2009
Score: 9/10

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Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago.

Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people.

Shift (Silo #2) by Hugh Howey (2013)

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:00:00 +0100

Shift (Silo #2) by Hugh Howey (2013)

Author: Hugh Howey
First Published: January 28, 2013
Series: Silo Book 2
Score: 9/10

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Hugh Howey goes back to show the first days of the Silo, and the beginning of the end In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity’s broad history, mankind discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened.

The Hero of Ages (The Mistborn Saga #3) by Brandon Sanderson (2008)

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:00:00 +0000

The Hero of Ages (The Mistborn Saga #3) by Brandon Sanderson (2008)

Author: Brandon Sanderson
First Published: October 14, 2008
Series: The Mistborn Saga Book 3
Score: 9/10

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Who is the Hero of Ages?

To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness—the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists—is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.

Lost Stars by Claudia Gray (2015)

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Lost Stars by Claudia Gray (2015)

Author: Claudia Gray
First Published: September 4, 2015
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 9/10

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This thrilling Young Adult novel gives readers a macro view of some of the most important events in the Star Wars universe, from the rise of the Rebellion to the fall of the Empire. Readers will experience these major moments through the eyes of two childhood friends–Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell–who have grown up to become an Imperial officer and a Rebel pilot. Now on opposite sides of the war, will these two star-crossed lovers reunite, or will duty tear them–and the galaxy–apart? Star Wars: Lost Stars also includes all-new post- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi content, as well as hints and clues about the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, making this a must-read for all Star Wars fans.

The Well of Ascension (The Mistborn Saga #2) by Brandon Sanderson (2007)

Sun, 27 Aug 2023 21:00:00 +0100

The Well of Ascension (The Mistborn Saga #2) by Brandon Sanderson (2007)

Author: Brandon Sanderson
First Published: August 21, 2007
Series: The Mistborn Saga Book 2
Score: 9/10

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The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler—the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years—has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves.

The PARA Method by Tiago Forte (2023)

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0100

The PARA Method by Tiago Forte (2023)

Author: Tiago Forte
First Published: August 15, 2023
Score: 9/10

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This accessible guide expands upon the “well-written, cogent, and useful” (David Allen, author of Getting Things Done ) bestselling Building a Second Brain with actionable advice on how to improve your digital life in just a few minutes.

Living a modern life requires juggling a ton of information. But we were never taught how to manage this information effectively so that we can find what we need when we need it. In The PARA Method , Tiago Forte outlines a simple and intuitive four-step system that will help us sort all the information flooding our brains into four major categories—Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives—allowing us to manage our commitments while achieving our goals and dreams.

Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte (2022)

Sat, 05 Aug 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte (2022)

Author: Tiago Forte
First Published: June 14, 2022
Score: 9/10

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A revolutionary approach to enhancing productivity, creating flow, and vastly increasing your ability to capture, remember, and benefit from the unprecedented amount of information all around us.

A For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better time to learn, to contribute, and to improve ourselves. Yet, rather than feeling empowered, we are often left feeling overwhelmed by this constant influx of information. The very knowledge that was supposed to set us free has instead led to the paralyzing stress of believing we’ll never know or remember enough.

Chasm City (Revelation Space Book 0.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2001)

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Chasm City (Revelation Space Book 0.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2001)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: May 1, 2001
Series: Revelation Space Book 0.5
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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The once-utopian Chasm City – a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet – has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted – from the people to the very buildings they inhabit – only the most wretched sort of existence remains. For security operative Tanner Mirabel, it is the landscape of nightmares through which he searches for a lowlife postmortal killer. But the stakes are raised when his search brings him face to face with a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget.

The Final Empire (The Mistborn Saga #1) by Brandon Sanderson (2006)

Mon, 22 May 2023 21:00:00 +0100

The Final Empire (The Mistborn Saga #1) by Brandon Sanderson (2006)

Author: Brandon Sanderson
First Published: July 17, 2006
Series: The Mistborn Saga Book 1
Score: 9/10

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For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the “Sliver of Infinity,” reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler’s most hellish prison. Kelsier “snapped” and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2001)

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2001)

Author: Yann Martel
First Published: September 11, 2001
Score: 9/10

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After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan—and a 450-pound royal bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and beloved works of fiction in recent years.

Absolution Gap (Revelation Space #3) by Alastair Reynolds (2020)

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Absolution Gap (Revelation Space #3) by Alastair Reynolds (2020)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: April 21, 2020
Series: Revelation Space Book 3
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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The Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life form reaching a certain level of intelligence – and they’ve targeted Humanity. War veteran Clavain and a ragtag group of refugees have fled into hiding. Their leadership is faltering, and their situation is growing more desperate. But their little colony has just received an unexpected visitor: an avenging angel with the power to lead mankind to safety – or draw down its darkest enemy.

Bear Head (Dogs of War #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:00:00 +0000

Bear Head (Dogs of War #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: January 7, 2021
Series: Dogs of War Book 2
Score: 9/10

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Mars. The red planet. A new frontier for humanity, a civilization where humans can live in peace, lord and master of all they survey.

But this isn’t Space City from those old science-fiction books. We live in Hell City, built into and from a huge subcontinent-sized crater. There’s a big silk canopy over it, feeding out atmosphere as we generate it, little by little, until we can breathe the air.

Redemption Ark (Revelation Space #2) by Alastair Reynolds (2002)

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Redemption Ark (Revelation Space #2) by Alastair Reynolds (2002)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: January 1, 2002
Series: Revelation Space Book 2
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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This stunning sequel to Revelation Space begins late in the twenty-sixth century. The human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger alien machines designed to detect intelligent life–and destroy it.

Dogs of War (Dogs of War #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2017)

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Dogs of War (Dogs of War #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2017)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: November 2, 2017
Series: Dogs of War Book 1
Score: 9/10

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My name is Rex. I am a good dog.

Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he’s part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, south-eastern Mexico.

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (2004)

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:00:00 +0100

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (2004)

Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
First Published: May 2004
Score: 9/10

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It is autumn 1981 when inconceivable horror comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenager is found, emptied of blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last—revenge for the bullying he endures at school, day after day.

Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 21:00:00 +0100

Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: April 4, 2019
Score: 9/10

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The sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all cities, harbours fewer than 100,000 human souls. Built on the ruins of countless civilisations, Shadrapar is a museum, a midden, an asylum, a prison on a world that is ever more alien to humanity.

Bearing witness to the desperate struggle for existence between life old and new is Stefan Advani: rebel, outlaw, prisoner, survivor. This is his testament, an account of the journey that took him into the blazing desolation of the western deserts; that transported him east down the river and imprisoned him in the verdant hell of the jungle’s darkest heart; that led him deep into the labyrinths and caverns of the underworld. He will meet with monsters, madman, mutants.

Upgrade by Blake Crouch (2022)

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0100

Upgrade by Blake Crouch (2022)

Author: Blake Crouch
First Published: July 7th 2022
Score: 9/10

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When the SWAT team gives the all-clear and Logan Ramsay steps into the basement, he has no idea that everything’s about to change.

Then there’s the hiss of aerosol. The explosion. The shrapnel that punctures his hazmat gear. Logan wakes up to find himself in a hospital bed, attended by doctors in their own hazmat suits, his wife and daughter looking on from behind the glass.

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 Lost World (Jurassic Park #2) by Michael Crichton (1995)

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 21:00:00 +0100

The Lost World (Jurassic Park #2) by Michael Crichton (1995)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: September 17th 1995
Series: Jurassic Park Book 2
Score: 9/10

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It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end—the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public.

There are rumors that something has survived. . .

Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen #8) by Steven Erikson (2008)

Sat, 26 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen #8) by Steven Erikson (2008)

Author: Steven Erikson
First Published: June 30th 2008
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 8
Score: 9/10

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In Darujhistan, the city of blue fire, it is said that love and death shall arrive dancing. It is summer and the heat is oppressive, but for the small round man in the faded red waistcoat, discomfiture is not just because of the sun. All is not well. Dire portents plague his nights and haunt the city streets like fiends of shadow. Assassins skulk in alleyways, but the quarry has turned and the hunters become the hunted.

Reaper's Gale (Malazan Book of the Fallen #7) by Steven Erikson (2007)

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:00:00 +0000

Reaper’s Gale (Malazan Book of the Fallen #7) by Steven Erikson (2007)

Author: Steven Erikson
First Published: May 7th 2007
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 7
Score: 9/10

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A truly epic fantasy series that has confirmed its author as one of the most original and exciting genre storytellers in years.

Erikson’s ‘Malazan Book of the Fallen’ has been recognised the world-over by writers, critics and fans alike — in a recent review of The Bonehunters, the sixth chapter in this remarkable tale, the UK’s Interzone magazine hailed it ‘a masterpiece’ and ‘the benchmark for all future works in the field’, while the hugely influential genre website, Ottawa-based SF Site, declared ‘this series has clearly established itself as the most significant work of epic fantasy since Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant’.

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)

Author: Arthur C. Clarke
First Published: August 1953
Score: 9/10

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In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems.

The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen #6) by Steven Erikson (2006)

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:00:00 +0100

The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen #6) by Steven Erikson (2006)

Author: Steven Erikson
First Published: April 4th 2006
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 6
Score: 9/10

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The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed. Sha’ik is dead. One last rebel force remains, holed up in the city of Y’Ghatan and under the fanatical command of Leoman of the Flails. The prospect of laying siege to this ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malaz 14th Army uneasy. For it was here that the Empire’s greatest champion Dassem Ultor was slain and a tide of Malazan blood spilled. A place of foreboding, its smell is of death. But elsewhere, agents of a far greater conflict have made their opening moves. The Crippled God has been granted a place in the pantheon, a schism threatens and sides must be chosen. Whatever each god decides, the ground-rules have changed, irrevocably, terrifyingly and the first blood spilled will be in the mortal world. A world in which a host of characters, familiar and new, including Heboric Ghost Hands, the possessed Apsalar, Cutter, once a thief now a killer, the warrior Karsa Orlong and the two ancient wanderers Icarium and Mappo, each searching for such a fate as they might fashion with their own hands, guided by their own will. If only the gods would leave them alone. But now that knives have been unsheathed, the gods are disinclined to be kind. There shall be war, war in the heavens.And the prize? Nothing less than existence itself…

Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park #1) by Michael Crichton (1990)

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park #1) by Michael Crichton (1990)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: November 7th 1990
Series: Jurassic Park Book 1
Score: 9/10

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An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them—for a price.

Until something goes wrong. . . .

Midnight Tides (Malazan Book of the Fallen #5) by Steven Erikson (2004)

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:00:00 +0100

Midnight Tides (Malazan Book of the Fallen #5) by Steven Erikson (2004)

Author: Steven Erikson
First Published: March 1st 2004
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 5
Score: 9/10

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After decades of warfare, the five tribes of the Tiste Edur are united under the implacable rule of the Warlock King of the Hiroth. But the price of peace is a pact with a hidden power whose motives may be deadly. To the south, the expansionist kingdom of Lether has devoured all lesser neighbors - except the Tiste Edur.

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.

House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen #4) by Steven Erikson (2002)

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:00:00 +0100

House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen #4) by Steven Erikson (2002)

Author: Steven Erikson
First Published: December 2002
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 4
Score: 9/10

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In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove to be an extraordinary destiny.

Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen #3) by Steven Erikson (2001)

Mon, 10 May 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen #3) by Steven Erikson (2001)

Author: Steven Erikson
First Published: December 6th 2001
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 3
Score: 9/10

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The ravaged continent of Genabackis is a terrifying new empire, the Pannion Domin, that devours all. An uneasy allliance resists: Onearm’s army, Whiskeyjack’s Bridgeburners and former enemies - forces of Warlord Caladan Brood, Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii mages, and the Rhivi people of the plains. And the Crippled God intends revenge.

Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen #2) by Steven Erikson (2000)

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

Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen #2) by Steven Erikson (2000)

Author: Steven Erikson
First Published: September 2000
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 2
Score: 9/10

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In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha’ik and her followers prepare for the long-prophesied uprising known as the Whirlwind. Unprecedented in size and savagery, this maelstrom of fanaticism and bloodlust will embroil the Malazan Empire in one of the bloodiest conflicts it has ever known, shaping destinies and giving birth to legends.

Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen #1) by Steven Erikson (1999)

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen #1) by Steven Erikson (1999)

Author: Steven Erikson
First Published: April 1999
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 1
Score: 9/10

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The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen’s rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins.

Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles #1) by Anne Rice (1976)

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:16:00 +0100

Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles #1) by Anne Rice (1976)

Author: Anne Rice
First Published: April 12th 1976
Series: The Vampire Chronicles Book 1
Score: 9/10

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In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood. Anne Rice’s compulsively readable novel is arguably the most celebrated work of vampire fiction since Bram Stoker’s Dracula was published in 1897. As the Washington Post said on its first publication, it is a ’thrilling, strikingly original work of the imagination . . . sometimes horrible, sometimes beautiful, always unforgettable'.

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.

The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time #1) by Robert Jordan (1990)

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 22:45:00 +0100

The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time #1) by Robert Jordan (1990)

Author: Robert Jordan
First Published: January 15th 1990
Series: The Wheel of Time Book 1
Score: 9/10

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When their village is attacked by trollocs, monsters thought to be only legends, three young men, Rand, Matt, and Perrin, flee in the company of the Lady Moiraine, a sinister visitor of unsuspected powers. Thus begins an epic adventure set in a world of wonders and horror, where what was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey #1) by Arthur C. Clarke (1968)

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:58:00 +0000

2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey #1) by Arthur C. Clarke (1968)

Author: Arthur C. Clarke
First Published: June 1968
Series: Space Odyssey Book 1
Score: 9/10

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On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered.

So great are the implications of this discovery that for the first time men are sent out deep into our solar system.

But long before their destination is reached, things begin to go horribly, inexplicably wrong…

One of the greatest-selling science fiction novels of our time, this classic book will grip you to the very end.

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past #1) by Liu Cixin (2008)

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 22:51:00 +0100

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1) by Liu Cixin (2008)

Author: Liu Cixin
First Published: 2008
Series: Remembrance of Earth’s Past Book 1
Score: 9/10

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ThreeBody Problem is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience this multiple award-winning phenomenon from China’s most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.

Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.

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.

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse #1) by Dennis E. Taylor (2016)

Sun, 12 May 2019 19:56:00 +0100

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse #1) by Dennis E. Taylor (2016)

Author: Dennis E. Taylor
First Published: September 20th 2016
Series: Bobiverse Book 1
Score: 9/10

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Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it’s a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.

Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he’ll be switched off, and they’ll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty.

Children of Time (Children of Time #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2015)

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 23:16:00 +0000

Children of Time (Children of Time #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2015)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: June 2015
Series: Children of Time Book 1
Score: 9/10

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A race for survival among the stars… Humanity’s last survivors escaped earth’s ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome it’s dangers? WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind’s worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

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.

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (2007)

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 21:44:00 +0100

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (2007)

Author: Patrick Rothfuss
First Published: March 27th 2007
Series: The Kingkiller Chronicle Book 1
Score: 9/10

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“My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I have burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during the day. I have talked to Gods, loved women and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me.”

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.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)

Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:54:00 +0100

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
First Published: September 21st 1937
Series: Middle-Earth Universe
Score: 9/10

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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent.

1984 by George Orwell (1949)

Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:57:00 +0000

1984 by George Orwell (1949)

Author: George Orwell
First Published: June 8th 1949
Score: 9/10

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Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell’s nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff’s attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell’s prescience of modern life–the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language–and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (2011)

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 23:17:00 +0000

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (2011)

Author: Yuval Noah Harari
First Published: January 1st 2011
Score: 9/10

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How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come?

Swarm (Star Force #1) by B.V. Larson (2010)

Sun, 31 Jan 2016 23:23:00 +0000

Swarm (Star Force #1) by B.V. Larson (2010)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: December 23rd 2010
Series: Star Force Book 1
Score: 9/10

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Earth arms marines with alien technology and builds its first battle fleet! Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there.

The Stand by Stephen King (1978)

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:23:00 +0100

The Stand by Stephen King (1978)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: October 3rd 1978
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 9/10

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This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.

And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides – or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abigail – and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter #1) by Jeff Lindsay (2004)

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:53:00 +0100

Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter #1) by Jeff Lindsay (2004)

Author: Jeff Lindsay
First Published: July 10th 2004
Series: Dexter Book 1
Score: 9/10

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Meet Dexter Morgan, a polite wolf in sheep’s clothing. He’s handsome and charming, but something in his past has made him abide by a different set of rules. He’s a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likeable: he only kills bad people. And his job as a blood splatter expert for the Miami police department puts him in the perfect position to identify his victims. But when a series of brutal murders bearing a striking similarity to his own style start turning up, Dexter is caught between being flattered and being frightened—of himself or some other fiend.

The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon #2) by Dan Brown (2003)

Sun, 08 Sep 2013 23:58:00 +0100

The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon #2) by Dan Brown (2003)

Author: Dan Brown
First Published: March 18th 2003
Series: Robert Langdon Book 2
Score: 9/10

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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci, clues visible for all to see, yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon #1) by Dan Brown (2000)

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 23:41:00 +0100

Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon #1) by Dan Brown (2000)

Author: Dan Brown
First Published: May 2000
Series: Robert Langdon Book 1
Score: 9/10

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World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization, the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth, the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) by Stieg Larsson (2005)

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:20:00 +0000

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) by Stieg Larsson (2005)

Author: Stieg Larsson
First Published: August 2005
Series: Millennium Book 1
Score: 9/10

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Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own family. He employs journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate.

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins (2008)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:00:00 +0100

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins (2008)

Author: Suzanne Collins
First Published: September 14th 2008
Series: The Hunger Games Book 1
Score: 9/10

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Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don’t live to see the morning?

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.