I love how it focused on people and their interconnected lives in the setting of an apocalypse without focusing on the setting itself too much.
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Jonathan rated Daughter of Time: 4 stars

Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officer's investigation into the …
Jonathan reviewed Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Jonathan rated Scary Close: 5 stars
Jonathan rated Book of Lost Things: 5 stars
Jonathan rated The Omnivore's Dilemma: 4 stars

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national …
Jonathan rated Anansi Boys: 5 stars

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
God is dead. Meet the kids.
When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." …
Jonathan rated American Gods: 5 stars
Jonathan rated 1493: uncovering the new world Columbus created: 5 stars

1493: uncovering the new world Columbus created by Charles C. Mann
From the author of 1491 -- the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas -- a deeply engaging new history of …
Jonathan rated The Martian: 4 stars

The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one …
Jonathan rated Anna Karenina (Signet Classics): 5 stars

Anna Karenina (Signet Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Russian: «Анна Каренина», IPA: [ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə]) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in …

Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Stardust is a 1999 fantasy novel by British writer Neil Gaiman, usually published with illustrations by Charles Vess. Stardust has …
Jonathan rated The Old Man and the Sea: 4 stars

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner classics)
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and …