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The Water Knife

Paolo's second ecological dystopian (cli-fi?) novel sets the action in the arid American south west, where water is the most precious commodity.

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The God Delusion

A book that is as brutal and honest as its title. This is like a handbook of reference for any atheist for the range of illogical, childish or even intelligent theist arguments that might be addressed to him.

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

It's like a common man's version of Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. But where Diamond's book is a scientific treatise, this one has a more narrative structure along with some insightful conclusions

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Beautiful Creatures

An unholy mess involving witches & wizards, reincarnation, American civil war, its re-enactment, a teenage romance and the insular mindset of deep south America.

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Bad Science

Medical doctor Ben Goldacre disassembles some of the biggest bullshitters supposedly sharing medical, health and/or nutrition theories or even cures at best just placebos, or at worse harmful, who in many cases have their voices amplified by the media.

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Sharp Objects

Disturbing story. Disturbing characters. This book will make you feel uncomfortable, that's what Gillian Flynn does best!

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Project Hail Mary

This book is half science experiments, half wacky buddy comedy — and it just works so well! That nerdy glee I felt on every page of The Martian is back full force.

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Thirteen Reasons Why

Clay's crush is dead. Suicide. A couple of weeks later, he gets a box of tapes recorded by her, her suicide note, listing 13 reasons why she did take her own life. He is one of those 13...

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The Last Wish

A simple way of putting it... a collection of tales about a man hunting monsters for money. But then, this book (and in fact, the whole series) is so much more...

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Artemis

Deadly forces are battling for control of the lunar colony, and the only person in a position to save it is a part time porter/smuggler...

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The Maze Runner

Another young-adult dystopian science fiction, in the mould of The Hunger Games

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The Fault in our Stars

A romance involving a young girl and boy, both in remission from cancer, told from the perspective of the girl Hazel

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