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chriskirk rated The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: 3 stars
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to …
chriskirk rated John Dies at the End: 2 stars
John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)
John Dies at the End is a comic horror novel written by David Wong that was first published online as …
chriskirk rated The Illustrated Man (Voyager Classics): 5 stars
The Illustrated Man (Voyager Classics) by Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring …
chriskirk rated All Quiet on the Western Front: 5 stars
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
This edition is in Hebrew. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces …
Island by Aldous Huxley (Perennial classic)
The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which …
chriskirk rated Handmaid's Tale: 5 stars
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and …
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh …
chriskirk rated The Goldfinch: 5 stars
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel …
chriskirk rated The tunnel: 5 stars
The tunnel by Ernesto Sabato, Margaret Sayers Peden
Juan Pablo Castel is a tormented and insane painter who falls for Maria, a woman he meets at an art …
chriskirk rated Ready Player One: 5 stars
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Ernest Cline (duplicate) (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, …
chriskirk rated Americanah: 5 stars
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won the 2013 U.S. National …
chriskirk rated In the Garden of Beasts: 5 stars
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
The bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise …
chriskirk rated Ender's Shadow: 4 stars
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
When Bean is sent to Battle School, he is constantly compared to the great Ender Wiggin, but Bean knows things …
Lock In by John Scalzi (Lock In, #1)
Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick …