Contact by Carl Sagan
In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who …
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Brennan rated World War Z: 5 stars
World War Z by Max Brooks
An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of …
Timeline by Michael Crichton
In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he …
Brennan rated The Bourne Identity: 4 stars
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum (Jason Bourne, #1)
Who is Jason Bourne? Is he an assassin, a terrorist, a thief? Why has he got four million dollars in …
Divergent by Veronica Roth (Divergent, #1)
‘Divergent’ is the first in a trilogy of dystopian, YA novels by Veronica Roth. The book is written from Beatrice …
Brennan rated The Andromeda Strain: 4 stars
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, Michael Crichton
The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to …
Coma by Robin Cook
They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and a dozen others--all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for …
Brennan rated The Martian: 5 stars
The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now he's sure he'll …
Brennan rated Station Eleven: 3 stars
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days following civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of …
The Hunt for Red October (Special 15th Anniversary Edition) by Tom Clancy (Jack Ryan (2))
One of the early novels of the modern techno-thriller genre, the book tracks the efforts of a disgruntled Soviet submarine …
Brennan rated Jurassic Park: 5 stars
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now, one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has …
Brennan rated I Am Legend: 3 stars
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
I Am Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern …
Prey by Michael Crichton
In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from …
Outbreak by Robin Cook
Outbreak is a medical thriller written by Robin Cook and published in 1987 which deals with an outbreak of the …
Brennan rated Don't Panic: 4 stars
Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman, David K. Dickson, M. J. Simpson, and 1 other
'It's all absolutely devastatingly true -- except the bits that are lies' Douglas Adams
Don't Panic celebrates the life of …