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Bolts rated The Haunting of Hill House: 3 stars
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. A finalist for the …
Bolts rated The Neverending Story: 4 stars
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim
Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody’s idea of a hero, least of all his own. One day, while …
Bolts rated Giovanni's Room: 5 stars
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (Penguin Modern Classics)
Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In …
Bolts rated The Long War: 3 stars
The Long War by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter (The Long Earth, #2)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. …
Doom Guy by John Romero
DOOM Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of John Romero, gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator …
Bolts rated The Hades Calculus: 1 star
The Hades Calculus by Maria Ying (Gunmetal Olympus, #1)
Bolts rated The City We Became: 1 star
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (Great Cities, #1)
Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city.
Every city has a soul. Some are as …
Bolts rated Rocannon's world: 4 stars
Rocannon's world by Ursula K. Le Guin
Earth-scientist Rocannon has been leading an ethnological survey on a remote world populated by three native races: the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, …
Bolts rated Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom: 3 stars
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
Bursting with cutting-edge speculation and human insight, Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is a coming-of-age romantic …
Bolts rated The Tyrant Baru Cormorant: 5 stars
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade, #3)
The hunt is over. After fifteen years of lies and sacrifice, Baru Cormorant has the power to destroy the Imperial …
Bolts rated The Monster Baru Cormorant: 5 stars
The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade, #2)
Even more sweeping and heart-wrenching than its 2015 prequel, The Monster Baru Cormorant is the epic follow-up to the critically …
Bolts rated The Long Earth: 4 stars
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter (The Long Earth, #1)
1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong …
Bolts rated The Martian: 1 star
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 …