Jingo by Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett
It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths of the Circle Sea -- …
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The Truth by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett, and 1 other (Discworld (25))
The denizens of Ankh-Morpork fancy they've seen just about everything. But then comes the Ankh-Morpork Times, struggling scribe William de …
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Embarking on her freshman year at Harvard in the early tech days of the 1990s, a young artist and daughter …
Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
The story begins with Agnes Nitt leaving Lancre to seek a career at the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork. When Granny …
Snuff by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #39)
"The 39th installment in the New York Times bestselling "Discworld" canon from Terry Pratchett, "the purely funniest English writer since …
jumbanho rated Interesting Times: 4 stars
Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett (Discworld (18))
A fantasy featuring the wizard Rincewind on a mission to an empire undergoing a cultural revolution reminiscent of the one …
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
"In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet-- sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, …
jumbanho rated Fruta prohibida: 4 stars
Fruta prohibida by Jeanette Winterson
This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and …
jumbanho rated Unseen academicals: 4 stars
Unseen academicals by Terry Pratchett (A novel of Discworld)
The wizards of Unseen University in the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork must win a football match, without using magic, so …
jumbanho rated Washington Black: 3 stars
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is terrified to be chosen by …
jumbanho rated The gap of time: 4 stars
The gap of time by Jeanette Winterson (Hogarth Shakespeare)
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" moves from London after the 2008 financial crisis to the storm-ravaged American …
jumbanho rated The Last Continent: 3 stars
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Dreaming of life in the city while caring for her alcoholic father and working in a 1960s boys' prison, a …
jumbanho rated An American Marriage: 2 stars
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young …
jumbanho rated Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel: 5 stars
Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel by Jesmyn Ward
A SEARING AND PROFOUND SOUTHERN ODYSSEY BY NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER JESMYN WARD
In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her …