paul rated The Catcher in the Rye: 4 stars
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New …
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paul rated Brave New World: 3 stars
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
paul rated Die Foundation-Trilogie: 4 stars
Die Foundation-Trilogie by Isaac Asimov (Foundation)
Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation
Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are some of the great masterworks of science fiction. Unsurpassed …
paul rated Faceless Killers: 3 stars
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander mysteries)
It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned …
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth …
paul rated Dune Messiah: 4 stars
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (Chronicles of Dune, #2)
paul rated A spot of bother: 4 stars
Mark Haddon: A spot of bother (2006, Doubleday)
A spot of bother by Mark Haddon
George Hall is an unobtrusive man. A little distant, perhaps, a little cautious, not at quite at ease with the …
paul rated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: 4 stars
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended …
paul rated Postmortem: 3 stars
Patricia Cornwell: Postmortem (1998, Pocket Books)
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
A serial killer is strangling victims, and Kay Scarpetta has to use forensic science to find him, before she is …
paul rated The World According to Garp: 4 stars
paul rated 1984 by George Orwell: 4 stars
1984 by George Orwell by George Orwell
Which One Will YOU Be IN the Year 1984?
There won't be much choice, of course, if this book's predictions …
paul rated Animal Farm: 4 stars
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells …
paul rated The fountains of paradise: 4 stars
The fountains of paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which …
paul rated 2001: A Space Odyssey: 5 stars
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the …
paul rated The Player of Games: 4 stars
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #2)
When Jernau Morat Gurgeh, a skilled board game player begins to experience ennui and asks a friend for help, he …