jbtchr rated East of Eden: 5 stars
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the …
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Stoner by John Williams, John Williams (NYRB Classics)
William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the …
jbtchr rated Words of Radiance: 3 stars
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Way of Kings.
Six years ago, the Assassin in …
jbtchr rated The Remains of the Day: 3 stars
jbtchr rated Never Let Me Go: 5 stars
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat …
jbtchr rated Annihilation: 4 stars
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges …
jbtchr rated The Way of Kings: 4 stars
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of The Stormlight Archive begins …
jbtchr rated The Stranger: 5 stars
The Stranger by Albert Camus
L'Étranger (French: [l‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒe]) is a 1942 novella by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as …
jbtchr rated The Rings of Saturn: 3 stars
The Rings of Saturn by Winfried Georg Sebald
The Rings of Saturn (German: Die Ringe des Saturn: Eine englische Wallfahrt - An English Pilgrimage) is a 1995 novel …
jbtchr rated The Unbearable Lightness of Being: 3 stars
jbtchr rated Sheltering Sky: 4 stars
Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
'The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are …
jbtchr rated Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: 4 stars
jbtchr rated The End of Eternity: 3 stars
The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov
The End of Eternity is a 1955 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov with mystery and thriller elements on the …
jbtchr rated Naked lunch: 3 stars
Naked lunch by William S. Burroughs
Controversial and bizarre cult novel based on the author’s own experiences as a drug addict, first published in 1959. Formed …
jbtchr rated The Narrow Road to the Deep North: 4 stars
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a love story unfolding over half a century between a doctor and …