pulpdrew rated Dune Messiah: 3 stars
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #2)
The extraordinary sequel to Dune, the greatest science fiction novel of all time. Twelve years after his victory over House …
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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and …
pulpdrew rated Weapons of Math Destruction: 5 stars
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to …
pulpdrew rated The Invisible Man: 3 stars
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it …
pulpdrew rated Babylon’s ashes: 4 stars
James S.A. Corey: Babylon’s ashes (2016, Orbit)
Babylon’s ashes by James S.A. Corey
The Expanse Saga continues in the 6th installment. The Free Navy – a violent group of Belters in black-market military …
pulpdrew rated Nemesis Games: 5 stars
Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #5)
The fifth novel in Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series.
A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land …
pulpdrew rated The Song of Achilles: 5 stars
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
This is the story of the seige of Troy from the perspective of Achilles best-friend Patroclus. Although Patroclus is outcast …
pulpdrew rated Born a Crime: 4 stars
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime New York Times bestseller about one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid …
pulpdrew rated Leviathan Wakes: 4 stars
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #1)
Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our …
pulpdrew rated Abaddon's Gate: 4 stars
Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #3)
For generations, the solar system — Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt — was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The …
pulpdrew rated Kitchen Confidential: 4 stars
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying …
pulpdrew rated Permanent record: 5 stars
Permanent record by Esther Cruz Santaella, Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first …
pulpdrew rated Caliban's War: 4 stars
Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #2)
We are not alone.
On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered …
pulpdrew rated The Two Towers: 4 stars
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the …
pulpdrew rated Foundation: 3 stars
Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #1)
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …