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Union rated These Precious Days: 5 stars
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will …
Union rated Hidden Valley Road: 5 stars
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's …
Union rated The Comfort Crisis: 4 stars
Union rated Chain-Gang All-Stars: 4 stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal …
Union rated The Body: A Guide for Occupants: 4 stars
Union rated The Terraformers: 4 stars
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.
Destry's life …
Union rated Fight Night: 5 stars
Union rated The Blade Itself: 5 stars
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (The First Law, #1)
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge …
Union rated Algorithms to live by: 5 stars
Algorithms to live by by Brian Christian
Algorithms to Live By looks at the simple, precise algorithms that computers use to solve the complex 'human' problems that …
Union rated System Collapse: 5 stars
System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
Union rated The Lies of Locke Lamora: 4 stars
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (Gentlemen Bastards, #1)
In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his band of …
Union rated Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice: 4 stars
Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice by David M. Higgins
NB! This is not Ancilliary Justice, but a crititical companion.
This book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers …
Union rated Lonesome Dove: 5 stars
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry, the author of Terms of Endearment, is his long-awaited masterpiece, the major noel at last …
Union rated Le meurtre de Roger Ackroyd: 5 stars
Le meurtre de Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot, #4)
Cela fait tout juste un an que le mari de Mrs Ferrars est mort. D'une gastrite aiguë. Enfin, c'est ce …