Genre: True Crime, Non-FictionAuthor: Michelle McNamara Synopsis: Gone in the dark, is an ambitious work in true crime genre. The author Michelle McNamara has done an extensive research in the pursuit of one of the most infamous serial rapist and killer in California, who terrorized the state for over a decade. She nicknamed him as “Golden … Continue reading I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Genre: Science-Fiction, Young-AdultAuthor: Orson Scott Card Synopsis: Set in a futuristic world, where after defeating the aliens called "Buggers" in a previous invasion, now humanity is living under a constant threat of next attack. The only person who can save humanity is Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, a six year old, who is expected to become a genius … Continue reading Ender’s Game
This concludes the Mistborn era 1. It was a near perfect epic fantasy. A perfectly crafted world with a very intriguing story line and some very solid characters, it has all of it. I really want to dive into each of the aspect of this epic saga. World building and Magic system: The best part … Continue reading The Hero of Ages(Mistborn #3) – Brandon Sanderson
Hands down the best book I read this year which includes classic like -The Old Man and the Sea, biography of the most influential innovator of 21st century Elon Musk: Inventing the Future or best selling sci-fi like The Three-Body Problem and Cryptonomicon. Sapiens tops among all of them. This is a brilliant book and so is Harari's story telling. How … Continue reading Sapiens – by Yuval Noah Harari
Slaughterhouse-Five has one of the most unique narrative style I've seen so far. The author used a rather unconventional way to tell the story of one of the most horrible massacre of World War II. He mixed up a very witty dark humor with the science fiction of time travel with the story of bombing … Continue reading Slaughterhouse-Five (by Kurt Vonnegut)
Cryptonomicon is an epic story captured in a massive 1000-page book. The story is set in two era- world war II and 1990s. At any point of time there is a lot of stuff going on that becomes hard to keep track of. I regretted my decision of reading the hard copy of the book … Continue reading Cryptonomicon- by Neal Stephenson
In the beginning I was a little skeptical about continuing the book. To me it looked a very superficial and unoriginal. But as I kept reading I discovered there is more to this book. Allie's narration and visualizations became more real to me and made me realize I am not very different from her(and I … Continue reading Hyperbole and a Half
This books says a lot. One can see it as a children's book but it has a deep philosophy which grown up might not see. As quoted in the book “Grown ups never understood anything by themselves. And it is rather tedious to have to explain things to them time and again” It gives a … Continue reading The Little Prince – by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Neil is a rock star of science! He has to be one of the best spokesperson apart from Michio Kaku(I don't actually know many 😛 ), his writing is funny, elegant, self explanatory, and to the point. He manages to take such complex topics and communicate to the common audience with such a simplicity. I've … Continue reading Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
After hearing so many positive reviews about this book there was no question of not reading it. I love reading science fictions. But sometimes Science fictions becomes science fantasies. The authors goes too far to please the readers, to create a sensational story they ignore the fundamentals facts and create there own laws. Nothing wrong … Continue reading The Three-Body Problem – by Cixin Liu
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