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Bolts rated A Canticle for Leibowitz: 5 stars
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred …
Bolts rated This Is How You Lose the Time War: 5 stars
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
Bolts rated The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: 4 stars
The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time …
Bolts rated The Mercy of Gods: 4 stars
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about …
Bolts rated Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower: 4 stars
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir
When the witch built the forty-flight tower, she made very sure to do the whole thing properly. Each flight contains …
Bolts rated If We Were Villains: 4 stars
If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. …
Livesuit by James S.A. Corey (The Captive's War, #1.5)
Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the endless slaughter is …
Bolts rated The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi: 4 stars
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, …
Bolts rated The City & The City: 5 stars
The City & The City by China Miéville
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
Bolts rated While Mortals Sleep: 4 stars
While Mortals Sleep by Kurt Vonnegut
While Mortals Sleep is a collection of fifteen previously unpublished short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, and one that was previously …
Bolts rated The Forever War: 4 stars
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, #1)
Bolts rated Annihilation: 4 stars
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges …
Bolts rated Archive Undying: 2 stars
Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its city, …
Bolts rated The Vital Abyss: 3 stars
The Vital Abyss by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #3.5)
Somewhere in the vast expanse of space, a group of prisoners lives in permanent captivity.
The only company they …