xianny rated Waking Gods: 3 stars
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel (The Themis Files, #2)
As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep within the earth. As an …
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xianny rated Way station: 3 stars
Way station by Clifford D. Simak (Collier nucleus fantasy & science fiction)
Way Station is a 1963 science fiction novel by American writer Clifford D. Simak, originally published as Here Gather the …
xianny rated Sleeping Giants: 4 stars
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (The Themis Files, #1)
A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through …
All Clear by Connie Willis
Traveling back in time, from Oxford circa 2060 into the thick of World War II, was a routine excursion for …
Blackout by Connie Willis
When a time-travel lab suddenly cancels assignments for no apparent reason and switches around everyone's schedules, time-traveling historians Michael, Merope, …
xianny rated The Heart's Invisible Furies: 5 stars
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple who remind him that he is not a real member of their …
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for …
xianny rated She Would Be King: 5 stars
She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore
A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history—a dazzling retelling of Liberia’s formation.
Wayétu Moore’s powerful debut novel, She …
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
From the New York Times bestselling author of American Wife and Eligible, a novel that imagines a deeply compelling …
xianny rated One Day All This Will Be Yours: 3 stars
One Day All This Will Be Yours by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Welcome to the end of time. It’s a perfect day.
Nobody remembers how the Causality War started. Really, there’s no-one …
xianny rated The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry: 3 stars
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C. M. Waggoner
Sparks fly in this enchanting fantasy novel from the author of Unnatural Magic when a down-and-out fire witch and a …
xianny rated Only human: 3 stars
Sylvain Neuvel: Only human (2018)
Only human by Sylvain Neuvel (Book three of The Themis files)
"World War Z meets The Martian in the explosive follow-up to Sleeping Giants ("One of the most promising series kickoffs …
xianny rated Sisterland: 4 stars
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
When the strongest earthquake in U.S. history occurs just north of their St. Louis home, Kate and Jeremy find the …
xianny rated The Vanishing Half: 4 stars
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and …
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War, it tells the …