Author: Alex MichaelidesGenre: Psychological Thriller, Mystery The Silent Patient is the story of Alica Berenson, a talented and well-known painter accused of murdering her husband Gabriel. Moreover, since the murder she has not spoken a single word. Theo, a psychotherapist, decides to do everything possible to treat Alicia. However, Theo’s personal life is also in … Continue reading The Silent Patient
Author: Neil Geiman, Terry PritchettGenre: Fantasy, Humor Summary: It's time for the end of the world. However, things are not going as planned. Crowley, a demon, is assigned with the task to look after the newborn Antichrist. He mistakenly switches him with a wrong human baby. Though he's a soldier of the evil, after spending … Continue reading Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Author: Cixin LiuGenre: Science Fiction Summary: When Chen was 14, his parents got incinerated by mysterious ball lightning in front of him. After this experience, Chen devotes his life to learn the secrets of this mysterious force of nature. On his quest, he slowly unfolds the mystery of ball lightning with the help of Major … Continue reading Ball Lightning
Genre: Thriller, Historical Fiction, EspionageAuthor: Ken Follet Synopsis: The backdrop of Eye of the Needle is World War II, 1940-1944. The allies are planning an invasion in Normandy. This invasion can change the course of the war in their direction. To ensure the victory, the allies create an elaborate deception. They lead the Germans to … Continue reading Eye of the Needle
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
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