Books Read in 2025 on paapereira.xyz

The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000

The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1969
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 4
Score: 8/10

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A lone human ambassador is sent to Winter, an alien world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants can change their gender whenever they choose. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters…

Odds On by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange (1966)

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Odds On by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange (1966)

Author: Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
First Published: January 1, 1966
Score: 7/10

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Steven Jencks has planned the perfect crime. Working with two skilled associates, he will hit the Reina, a super-luxury hotel off the coast of Spain, and then walk away with the haul of a lifetime. As the ultimate pro, Jencks has even run his plan through a complex computer simulation to account for every possible variable …

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.

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?

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.

Deceived (Star Wars: The Old Republic #2) by Paul S. Kemp (2011)

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Deceived (Star Wars: The Old Republic #2) by Paul S. Kemp (2011)

Author: Paul S. Kemp
First Published: March 22, 2011
Series: Star Wars: The Old Republic Book 2
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 8/10

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Malgus brought down the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in a brutal assault that shocked the galaxy. But if war crowned him the darkest of Sith heroes, peace would transform him into something far more heinous—something Malgus would never want to be, but cannot stop, any more than he can stop the rogue Jedi fast approaching.

Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit by Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie (2024)

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit by Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie (2024)

Author: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie
First Published: November 19, 2024
Score: 6/10

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In his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joins forces with two leading technologists to mount “a profound exploration” (Walter Isaacson) of the epochal challenges and opportunities presented by the revolution in Artificial Intelligence: a breakthrough that dramatically empowers people in all walks of life while also raising urgent questions about the future of humanity.

Red Company: Steel Rain (Red Company #5) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Red Company: Steel Rain (Red Company #5) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: September 21, 2024
Series: Red Company Book 5
Score: 6/10

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A barrage of ice meteors streaks through the void, targeting every colony and even Earth herself. The devastating force of these nearly invisible projectiles is sudden and catastrophic. Devin Starn’s Red Company and the seasoned crew aboard the Borag are called upon to assist. Initially tasked with providing emergency services, they soon find themselves on a perilous mission to join forces with the Earth Navy in hunting down the source of these deadly attacks.

Night of the Living Dummy (Goosebumps #7) by R.L. Stine (1993)

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Night of the Living Dummy (Goosebumps #7) by R.L. Stine (1993)

Author: R.L. Stine
First Published: May 1, 1993
Series: Goosebumps Book 7
Score: 6/10

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Lindy names the ventriloquist’s dummy she finds Slappy. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he’s a lot of fun. Lindy’s having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk. But Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. It’s no fair. Why does Lindy always have all the luck?Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She’ll show Kris. Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things. Evil things. No way a dummy can be causing all the trouble. Or is there?Now with all-new bonus material revealing Slappy’s secrets and more.

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.

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.

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones (2016)

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0100

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones (2016)

Author: Stephen Graham Jones
First Published: May 10, 2016
Score: 7/10

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A spellbinding and darkly humorous coming-of-age story about an unusual boy, whose family lives on the fringe of society and struggles to survive in a hostile world that shuns and fears them.

He was born an outsider, like the rest of his family. Poor yet resilient, he lives in the shadows with his aunt Libby and uncle Darren, folk who stubbornly make their way in a society that does not understand or want them. They are mongrels, mixed blood, neither this nor that. The boy at the center of Mongrels must decide if he belongs on the road with his aunt and uncle, or if he fits with the people on the other side of the tracks.

Impact Winter (Impact Winter #1) by Travis Beacham (2022)

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Impact Winter (Impact Winter #1) by Travis Beacham (2022)

Author: Travis Beacham
First Published: February 17, 2022
Series: Impact Winter Book 1
Score: 6/10

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In the British countryside, a band of survivors forms a resistance in the fallout shelter of a medieval castle. Darcy is a battle-tested vampire hunter who is at the front line leading the charge to save humanity. Meanwhile, her younger sister Hope wants life to return normal so she can go above ground and know what it’s like to live again. And she just might be willing to risk it all.

Let's Get Invisible! (Goosebumps #6) by R.L. Stine (1993)

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 22:00:00 +0100

Let’s Get Invisible! (Goosebumps #6) by R.L. Stine (1993)

Author: R.L. Stine
First Published: March 1, 1993
Series: Goosebumps Book 6
Score: 6/10

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On Max’s birthday, he finds a kind of magic mirror in the attic. It can make him invisible.

So Max and his friends start playing ““now you see me, now you don’t.”” Until Max realizes that he’s losing control. Staying invisible a little too long. Having a harder and harder time coming back.

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix (2018)

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 07:30:00 +0100

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix (2018)

Author: Grady Hendrix
First Published: September 18, 2018
Score: 7/10

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In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success – but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in rural Pennsylvania.

Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the night manager of a Best Western - she’s tired, broke, and unhappy. Everything changes when she discovers a shocking secret from her heavy metal past: Turns out that Terry’s meteoric rise to success may have come at the price of Kris’s very soul.

Merlin's Gun by Alastair Reynolds (2000)

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 16:30:00 +0100

Merlin’s Gun by Alastair Reynolds (2000)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: May 1, 2000
Score: 8/10

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When Sora’s swallowship is taken out by a swarm during the war she is rescued by Merlin, a legendary man who has allegedly discovered a super-weapon built by the Way creators; a gun so powerful it I said to have stopped the previous war. Sora is sceptical, though, for Merlin has been missing for ten thousand years, yet he has not aged a day. As the current war between aliens and humans intensifies, the need to find this weapon becomes unquestionably urgent. They must find the gun before the enemy does and incinerates them. Can their quest to save humanity and end the war be achieved with Merlin’s gun?

The New Space Opera edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan (2007)

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:00:00 +0100

The New Space Opera edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan (2007)

Editors: Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan
Authors: Gwyneth Jones and Ian McDonald and Robert Reed and Paul J. McAuley and Greg Egan and Kage Baker and Peter F. Hamilton and Ken Macleod and Tony Daniel and James Patrick Kelly and Alastair Reynolds and Mary Rosenblum and Stephen Baxter and Robert Silverberg and Gregory Benford and Walter Jon Williams and Nancy Kress and Dan Simmons
First Published: June 1, 2007
Score: 7/10

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SAVING TIAMAAT • Gwyneth Jones VERTHANDI’S RING • Ian McDonald HATCH • Robert Reed WINNING PEACE • Paul J. McAuley GLORY • Greg Egan MAELSTROM • Kage Baker BLESSED BY AN ANGEL • Peter F. Hamilton WHO’S AFRAID OF WOLF 359? • Ken Macleod THE VALLEY OF THE GARDENS • Tony Daniel DIVIDING THE SUSTAIN • James Patrick Kelly MINLA’S FLOWERS • Alastair Reynolds SPLINTERS OF GLASS • Mary Rosenblum REMEMBRANCE • Stephen Baxter THE EMPEROR AND THE MAULA • Robert Silverberg THE WORM TURNS • Gregory Benford SEND THEM FLOWERS • Walter Jon Williams ART OF WAR • Nancy Kress MUSE OF FIRE • Dan Simmons

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (1999)

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0100

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (1999)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: April 6, 1999
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 6/10

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On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself and then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror.

Rage World (Undying Mercenaries #23) by B.V. Larson (2025)

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0100

Rage World (Undying Mercenaries #23) by B.V. Larson (2025)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: March 8, 2025
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 23
Score: 7/10

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The Rebellion against Earth expands to new worlds. Left to die on a volcanic world by the Skrull, McGill and his mercenaries face waves of missile attacks with nowhere to hide. When the Skrull seal themselves inside an impenetrable energy dome, McGill knows he has to get creative. Even if that means sabotaging alien power plants, blackmailing his superior officers, and using his own troops as bait in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Changes (The Dresden Files #12) by Jim Butcher (2010)

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 17:30:00 +0100

Changes (The Dresden Files #12) by Jim Butcher (2010)

Author: Jim Butcher
First Published: April 6, 2010
Series: The Dresden Files Book 12
Score: 8/10

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Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden’s lover-until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. Susan then disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it. Now Arianna Ortega, Duchess of the Red Court, has discovered a secret Susan has long kept, and she plans to use it-against Harry. To prevail this time, he may have no choice but to embrace the raging fury of his own untapped dark power. Because Harry’s not fighting to save the world… He’s fighting to save his child.

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.

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.

Prelude to Space by Arthur C. Clarke (1950)

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 21:00:00 +0100

Prelude to Space by Arthur C. Clarke (1950)

Author: Arthur C. Clarke
First Published: January 1, 1950
Score: 7/10

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The world’s first lunar spacecraft is about to launch. The ship, Prometheus, is built from two components—one designed to travel trough outter space to the Moon and back, and the other to carry the first component through Earth’s atmosphere and into orbit. Dirk Alexson, a historian assigned to documenting the project, travels from London to the desert base in Australia where Prometheus is to be launched. In a true example of life imitating art, Alexson describes what would become the foundation for the actual space shuttle program twenty years later. First published in 1951, Prelude to Space is full of detailed technical descriptions and conversations regarding the possibility of spaceflight, many of which mirrored—or were actually cited in—the construction of the first spaceships and telecommunications satellites. Clarke’s uncanny ability to predict so many events, concerns, dilemmas, and triumphs of space exploration decades in advance make this fascinating novel as much science as it is fiction.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4) by J.K. Rowling (2000)

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0100

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4) by J.K. Rowling (2000)

Author: J.K. Rowling
First Published: July 8, 2000
Series: Harry Potter Book 4
Score: 8/10

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“There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their magical prowess - their daring - their powers of deduction - and, of course, their ability to cope with danger.”

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn’t stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe’en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through - alive!

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2020)

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 23:00:00 +0100

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2020)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: August 20, 2020
Score: 7/10

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The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure about parallel universes and the monsters that they hide.They thought we were safe. They were wrong.Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back.Lee thought she’d lost Mal, but now she’s miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this time? Mal’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by MI5 officers either, and Lee isn’t the only one with questions.Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power - and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor.Dr Khan’s research was theoretical; then she found cracks between our world and parallel Earths. Now these cracks are widening, revealing extraordinary creatures. And as the doors crash open, anything could come through.

The Bill Gates Problem by Tim Schwab (2023)

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0100

The Bill Gates Problem by Tim Schwab (2023)

Author: Tim Schwab
First Published: November 14, 2023
Score: 7/10

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A powerful investigation of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, showing how he uses philanthropy to exercise enormous political power without accountability

Through his vaunted philanthropy, Bill Gates transformed himself from a tech villain into one of the most admired people on the planet. Even as divorce proceedings and allegations of misconduct have recently tarnished his public image, the beneficence of the Gates Foundation, celebrated for spending billions to save lives around the globe, is taken as a given. But as Tim Schwab shows in this fearless investigation, Gates is still exactly who he was at Microsoft: a bully and monopolist, convinced of his own righteousness and intent on imposing his ideas, his solutions, and his leadership on everyone else. At the core, he is not a selfless philanthropist but a power broker, a clever engineer who has innovated a way to turn extreme wealth into immense political influence—and who has made us believe we should applaud his acquisition of power, not challenge it.

The Ex by Freida McFadden (2019)

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0100

The Ex by Freida McFadden (2019)

Author: Freida McFadden
First Published: February 18, 2019
Score: 7/10

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Cassie thinks she has met the perfect man.

Joel is sweet, handsome, romantic, and best of all, he’s crazy about Cassie. She thinks she’s found the guy she’ll spend the rest of her life with. Have children with. Grow old with.

Yes, she knows about his perfect ex-girlfriend, Francesca. The beautiful, brilliant chef, beloved by all his friends. But she thinks Francesca is out of the picture. She thinks Francesca is gone for good.

City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle #3) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1967)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0100

City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle #3) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1967)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1967
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 3
Score: 7/10

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He was a fully grown man, alone in dense forest, with no trail to show where he had come from and no memory to tell who — or what — he was. His eyes were not the eyes of a human. The forest people took him in and raised him almost as a child, teaching him to speak, training him in forest lore, giving him all the knowledge they had. But they could not solve the riddle of his past, and at last he had to set out on a perilous quest to Es Toch, the City of the Shining, the Liars of Earth, the Enemy of Mankind. There he would find his true self … and a universe of danger.

A Case of Need by Michael Crichton writing as Jeffery Hudson (1968)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0100

A Case of Need by Michael Crichton writing as Jeffery Hudson (1968)

Author: Michael Crichton writing as Jeffery Hudson
First Published: January 1, 1968
Score: 7/10

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A Case of Need is Michael Crichton’s award-winning debut novel, written shortly after he completed his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure and pace of a large Boston medical center, the tensions flare-and explode-when a surgical operation tragically ends in death, raising countless questions. Was it accidental malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic oath? Or cold-blooded murder?

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.

Contas-Poupança - Poupe ainda mais, invista melhor by Pedro Andersson (2018) [PT]

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0100

Contas-Poupança - Poupe ainda mais, invista melhor by Pedro Andersson (2018) [PT]

Author: Pedro Andersson
First Published: September 1, 2018
Score: 7/10

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Quer pagar menos pelo seu crédito à habitação? E ver as suas poupanças renderem mais? Gostaria de aumentar o seu reembolso de IRS? Sabe como garantir uma reforma digna?

POUPE COM INTELIGÊNCIA E INVISTA NO SEU FUTURO Ponha o dinheiro a trabalhar para si, em vez de trabalhar para pagar a outros.

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.

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…

Rebel World (Undying Mercenaries #22) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Sun, 18 May 2025 14:30:00 +0100

Rebel World (Undying Mercenaries #22) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: November 21, 2024
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 22
Score: 7/10

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When a towering alien monolith crashes onto James McGill’s family farm, it triggers events that could spark a galaxy-wide war. Things have gone bad among the colonies. Insurgents are building alien-hybrid armies and planet-killing weapons, threatening to upend the fragile balance of power in Province 921.

There’s not only trouble in the province—the Core Worlds are igniting as well. The Mogwa have asserted claims upon the Imperial Throne, causing their rivals to move against them. Earth’s Hegemony and the rebels are pulled into a conflict that could tear the galaxy apart.

Turn Coat (The Dresden Files #11) by Jim Butcher (2009)

Sun, 11 May 2025 22:00:00 +0100

Turn Coat (The Dresden Files #11) by Jim Butcher (2009)

Author: Jim Butcher
First Published: April 7, 2009
Series: The Dresden Files Book 11
Score: 7/10

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When it comes to the magical ruling body known as the White Council, Harry is thought of as either a black sheep or a sacrificial lamb. And none hold him in more disdain than Morgan, a veteran Warden with a grudge against anyone who bends the rules. But now, Morgan is in trouble. He’s been accused of cold-blooded murder—a crime with only one, final punishment.

Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic #1) by Drew Karpyshyn (2011)

Sat, 03 May 2025 16:30:00 +0100

Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic #1) by Drew Karpyshyn (2011)

Author: Drew Karpyshyn
First Published: October 1, 2011
Series: Star Wars: The Old Republic Book 1
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 8/10

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There’s something out juggernaut of evil bearing down to crush the Republic—unless one lone Jedi, shunned and reviled, can stop it. hero, traitor, conqueror, villain, savior. A Jedi who left Coruscant to defeat Mandalorians—and returned a disciple of the dark side, bent on destroying the Republic. The Jedi Council gave Revan his life back, but the price of redemption was high. His memories have been erased. All that’s left are nightmares—and deep, abiding fear.What exactly happened beyond the Outer Rim? Revan can’t quite remember, yet can’t entirely forget. Somehow he stumbled across a terrible secret that threatens the very existence of the Republic. With no idea what it is, or how to stop it, Revan may very well fail, for he’s never faced a more powerful and diabolic enemy. But only death can stop him from trying.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3) by J.K. Rowling (1999)

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0100

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3) by J.K. Rowling (1999)

Author: J.K. Rowling
First Published: July 8, 1999
Series: Harry Potter Book 3
Score: 8/10

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‘Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.’

When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it’s the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry’s tea leaves… But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss…

Digital Zettelkasten by David Kadavy (2021)

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0100

Digital Zettelkasten by David Kadavy (2021)

Author: David Kadavy
First Published: May 24, 2021
Score: 6/10

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The Zettelkasten method is the perfect way to harness the power of technology to remember what you read and boost creativity. Invented in the 16th century, and practiced to its fullest extent by a German sociologist who wrote seventy books and hundreds of articles, the Zettelkasten method is exploding in popularity. Writers of all types are discovering that digital tools make the method more powerful than ever, turning your digital life into an “external brain,” or “bicycle for the mind.”

The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll (2018)

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +0100

The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll (2018)

Author: Ryder Carroll
First Published: October 23, 2018
Score: 8/10

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For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit the way his mind worked. Out of sheer necessity, he developed a method called the Bullet Journal that helped him become consistently focused and effective. When he started sharing his system with friends who faced similar challenges, it went viral. Just a few years later, to his astonishment, Bullet Journaling is a global movement.

Contas Poupança by Pedro Andersson (2016) [PT]

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0100

Contas Poupança by Pedro Andersson (2016) [PT]

Author: Pedro Andersson
First Published: September 1, 2016
Score: 7/10

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Viva melhor com o mesmo dinheiro.

O seu vencimento nunca chega até ao fim do mês? Não tem dinheiro para férias? Tem dificuldade em pagar os seguros e os impostos? Gostava de poder jantar fora mais vezes ? Dê um aumento a si próprio. Aprenda a gerir as suas contas e a poupar dinheiro mantendo ou melhorando o seu nível de vida. Programa líder de audiências na SIC, “Contas-Poupança”, do jornalista Pedro Andersson, ganhou espaço regular também no Expresso e na Visão e dá agora origem a um livro, que reúne os melhores conselhos resultantes de reportagens televisivas nas áreas das finanças pessoais, das dicas de poupança e dos direitos do consumidor.

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.

Cleptopia: Como o Dinheiro Sujo Está a Conquistar o Mundo by Tom Burgis (2020) [PT]

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 07:30:00 +0100

Cleptopia: Como o Dinheiro Sujo Está a Conquistar o Mundo by Tom Burgis (2020) [PT]

Author: Tom Burgis
First Published: September 1, 2020
Score: 7/10

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Cleptopia segue o dinheiro sujo que está a inundar a economia global, a encorajar ditadores e a envenenar as democracias. Do Kremlin a Pequim, do Médio Oriente à Casa Branca, Tom Burgis mostra como os corruptos se estão a unir — e o terrível custo que tem essa união.

Bag of Bones by Stephen King (1998)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100

Bag of Bones by Stephen King (1998)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: September 22, 1998
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 8/10

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Four years after the sudden death of his wife, forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving. Unable to write, and plagued by vivid nightmares set at the western Maine summerhouse he calls Sara Laughs, Mike reluctantly returns to the lakeside getaway. There, he finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, whose vindictive purpose is to take his three-year-old granddaughter, Kyra, away from her widowed young mother, Mattie. As Mike is drawn into Mattie and Kyra’s struggle, as he falls in love with both of them, he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations and escalating terrors. What are the forces that have been unleashed here — and what do they want of Mike Noonan?

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 Expert System’s Champion (Expert System #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:00:00 +0000

The Expert System’s Champion (Expert System #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: January 26, 2021
Series: Expert System Book 2
Score: 6/10

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It’s been ten years since Handry was wrenched away from his family and friends, forced to wander a world he no longer understood. But with the help of the Ancients, he has cobbled together a life, of sorts, for himself and his fellow outcasts.

Wandering from village to village, welcoming the folk that the townships abandon, fighting the monsters the villagers cannot—or dare not—his ever-growing band of misfits has become the stuff of legend, a story told by parents to keep unruly children in line.

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason (1926)

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason (1926)

Author: George S. Clason
First Published: January 1, 1926
Score: 5/10

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Beloved by millions, this timeless classic holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. This is the book that reveals the secret to personal wealth.

The Success Secrets of the Ancients— An Assured Road to Happiness and Prosperity

Countless readers have been helped by the famous “Babylonian parables,” hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of—and a solution to—your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime. This is the book that holds the secrets to keeping your money—and making more.

Dead Med by Freida McFadden (2024)

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Dead Med by Freida McFadden (2024)

Author: Freida McFadden
First Published: June 27, 2024
Score: 7/10

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When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs.

But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.

Red Company: Invasion (Red Company #4) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Red Company: Invasion (Red Company #4) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: January 21, 2024
Series: Red Company Book 4
Score: 6/10

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An alien ship invades the Solar System for the first time in recorded history. The Earth Cruiser Agamemnon is destroyed in combat, and the search for answers begins.

The veteran crew of Borag gets the assignment, and the race is on. Sgt. Starn of Red Company must visit the disaster site, perform a search and rescue mission, and return to Mars alive.

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. . . .

We Can Build You by Philip K. Dick (1972)

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000

We Can Build You by Philip K. Dick (1972)

Author: Philip K. Dick
First Published: July 1, 1972
Score: 6/10

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In this lyrical and moving novel, Philip K. Dick tells a story of toxic love and compassionate robots. When Louis Rosen’s electronic organ company builds a pitch-perfect robotic replica of Abraham Lincoln, they are pulled into the orbit of a shady businessman, who is looking to use Lincoln for his own profit. Meanwhile, Rosen seeks Lincoln’s advice as he woos a woman incapable of understanding human emotions–someone who may be even more robotic than Lincoln’s replica.

Planet of Exile (Hainish Cycle #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Planet of Exile (Hainish Cycle #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1966
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 2
Score: 7/10

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The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years. But ten of Werel’s years are over 600 terrestrial years.

The lonely & dwindling human settlement is beginning to feel the strain. Every winter –a season that lasts for 15 years– the Earthmen have neighbors: the humanoid hilfs, a nomadic people who only settle down for the cruel cold spell. The hilfs fear the Earthmen, whom they think of as witches & call the farborns.

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari (2024)

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari (2024)

Author: Yuval Noah Harari
First Published: September 10, 2024
Score: 8/10

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For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite allour discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive?

The Andromeda Evolution (Andromeda #2) by Daniel H. Wilson (2019)

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000

The Andromeda Evolution (Andromeda #2) by Daniel H. Wilson (2019)

Author: Daniel H. Wilson
First Published: January 1, 2019
Series: Andromeda Book 2
Score: 7/10

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In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle—designated The Andromeda Strain—killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the moments before a catastrophic nuclear detonation, they succeeded.

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.

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.