Eragon by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, #1)
One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure.
When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks …
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DarthVi rated Reasons to Stay Alive: 4 stars
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
"Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt’s inspiring account of …
DarthVi rated Thinking, Fast and Slow: 4 stars
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman introduces two modes of thought - system 1, fast and intuitive, and system 2, slow and reasoned - and …
DarthVi rated Doctor Sleep: 4 stars
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (The Shining, #2)
Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this …
DarthVi rated Freakonomics: 4 stars
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What …
DarthVi rated The Dictator's Handbook: 5 stars
The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics is a 2011 non-fiction book by Bruce Bueno de …
What if? by Randall Munroe
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, …
DarthVi rated The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: 5 stars
The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m.
There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit.
We …
DarthVi rated Dark Matter: 5 stars
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is …
DarthVi rated The Hobbit: 3 stars
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings, #0)
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. …
Revival by Stephen King
In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers …
DarthVi rated 21 Lessons for the 21st Century: 5 stars
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative …
DarthVi rated Fahrenheit 451 de Ray Bradbury: 4 stars
Fahrenheit 451 de Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, …
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Macbeth (; full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been …
DarthVi rated On Writing: 4 stars
On Writing by Stephen King
"Long live the King" hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class …