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bug138 rated The Ocean at the End of the Lane: 5 stars

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long …
bug138 rated Project Hail Mary: 5 stars

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
bug138 rated The Last Graduate: 5 stars

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance, #2)
A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her …
bug138 rated A Deadly Education: 4 stars

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance, #1)
A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) …
bug138 rated All the Birds in the Sky: 4 stars

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go war as the world from tearing itself. To further …
bug138 rated Fugitive Telemetry: 5 stars

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
When …
bug138 reviewed Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
bug138 rated The Marrow Thieves: 4 stars

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led …
bug138 rated Network Effect: 4 stars

Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
WINNER of the 2021 Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards!
The first full-length novel in Martha Wells' New York Times and …
bug138 rated Barbary Station: 2 stars

Barbary Station by R. E. Stearns
Adda and Iridian are newly-minted engineers, but in a solar system wracked by economic collapse after an interplanetary war, an …
bug138 rated The Sisters Brothers: 4 stars

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
The Sisters Brothers is a 2011 Western novel by Canadian-born author Patrick deWitt. The darkly comic story takes place in …
bug138 rated Cooking Gene: 4 stars

Michael W. Twitty: Cooking Gene (2017, HarperCollins Publishers)
Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty
A renowned culinary historian offers a fresh perspective on our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of …
bug138 rated How Long 'til Black Future Month?: 5 stars

How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin
How Long 'til Black Future Month? is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by American novelist N. …
bug138 rated Black Powder War: 4 stars

Black Powder War by Naomi Novik (Temeraire, #3)
In the wake of their adventure in China, Captain Will Laurence of His Majesty's Aerial Corps and his dragon, Temeraire, …