melondrama rated When We Were Orphans: 3 stars
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
'You seldom read a novel that so convinces you it is extending the possibilities of fiction.' Sunday TimesEngland, 1930s. Christopher …
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melondrama rated Waiting: 3 stars
melondrama rated Strength in what remains: 2 stars
Tracy Kidder: Strength in what remains (2009, Random House)
Strength in what remains by Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and …
melondrama rated Old Patagonian Express, the: 2 stars
Old Patagonian Express, the by Paul Theroux
An account of Theroux's trip by train from Boston to Bogota, Columbia.
melondrama rated The Silence of the Lambs: 4 stars
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (Hannibal Lecter, #02)
Thomas Harris will seize you with an emotion more profound than terror.
Of his previous novel, Stephen King wrote, …
melondrama rated The seventh day: 3 stars
余华: The seventh day (2015)
The seventh day by 余华
Yang Fei was born on a moving train. Lost by his mother, adopted by a young switchman, raised with simplicity …
melondrama rated Bad Blood: 5 stars
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout …
melondrama rated The Hydrogen Sonata: 3 stars
The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #10)
Suspected of involvement after the Regimental High Command is destroyed as they prepared to go to a new level of …
melondrama rated The Yacoubian Building: 4 stars
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
This controversial bestselling novel in the Arab world reveals the political corruption, sexual repression, religious extremism, and modern hopes of …
melondrama rated Mountains beyond mountains: 4 stars
Mountains beyond mountains by Tracy Kidder
At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of …
melondrama rated Brothers: 4 stars
melondrama rated Survival of the Sickest: 3 stars
Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince
Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity is a 2007 New York Times Bestselling science book …
melondrama rated Plenty more: 5 stars
Yotam Ottolenghi: Plenty more (2014)
Plenty more by Yotam Ottolenghi
The follow-up to London chef Yotam Ottolenghi's bestselling and award-winning cookbook Plenty, featuring more than 150 vegetarian dishes organized by …