Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang
The city of dreaming spires.
It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.
And …
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cakester rated A Memory Called Empire: 3 stars
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Memory Called Empire is a 2019 science fiction novel, the debut novel by Arkady Martine. It follows Mahit Dzmare, …
cakester rated Yellowface: 4 stars
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, …
cakester rated Children of Memory: 5 stars
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #3)
Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human …
cakester rated Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: 3 stars
Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet queen, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial …
cakester rated Children of Ruin: 3 stars
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #2)
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
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cakester rated Uncle Tom's Cabin: 5 stars
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies surrounding its anti-slavery sentiments. …
cakester rated City of Last Chances: 5 stars
cakester rated Children of Time: 5 stars
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when …
cakester rated Death's End: 3 stars
Death's End by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #03)
Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It is …
cakester rated The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 3: 4 stars
The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 3 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie Mckelvie, Matt Wilson (The Wicked + The Divine, #3)
"Every ninety years twelve gods return as young people. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are …
cakester rated The Dark Forest: 4 stars
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
The Dark Forest (Chinese: 黑暗森林, pinyin: Hēi'àn sēnlín) is a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. …
cakester rated The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 2: 5 stars
The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 2 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie Mckelvie, Matt Wilson (The Wicked + The Divine, #2)
Following the tragic and unjust death of Lucifer, it takes a revelation from Inanna to draw Laura back into the …
