Books I've read for the Mean Bean Machine book club.
MBM Book Club Public
Created by Nicholas Boyd Isacsson
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The Sea Priestess by Dion Fortune
3 stars
The Sea Priestess is the highly acclaimed novel in which Dion Fortune introduces her most powerful fictional character, Vivien Le …
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4 stars
"On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the …
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Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3 stars
Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying …
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4 stars
The Castle (original title: "Das Schloß") is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be …
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The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown
4 stars
In April of 1846, Sarah Graves was twenty-one and in love with a young man who played the violin. But …
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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
4 stars
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 …
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Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London, #1)
4 stars
Rivers of London (Midnight Riot in the US) is the first novel in the Peter Grant series by English author …
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
4 stars
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to …
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[1948 Modern Library Edition] The Plague by Albert Camus; Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert by Albert Camus
4 stars
The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a …
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Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon (The Travel Trilogy, #1)
4 stars
Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads.
William Least …
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The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #1)
4 stars
Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the …
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré (The Karla Trilogy, #1)
4 stars
A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, …
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The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
4 stars
The Three-Body Problem (Chinese: 三体; lit. 'Three-Body'; pinyin: sān tǐ) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu …
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Homenaje a Cataluña by George Orwell
4 stars
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting in the Spanish Civil War for …
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No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
4 stars
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of …
