The Sparrow
For the greater glory of God, but does that apply when dealing with alien creatures with even more alien cultures?
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It
Arguably the best work by Stephen King. Seven teenagers first stumble upon the horror one summer, and now they are grown-ups who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name...
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The Forever War
Caught in an war he doesn't want to be in, and completely disconnected from the very world he is fighting for, Mandella's war goes on... forever!
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller, this book explores the rise of civilization in humans and how the world came to be the way it is, today.
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Sword of Destiny
Another collection of short stories, following the adventures of the collection The Last Wish. Geralt forges ahead, battling monsters, demons and prejudices alike...
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Six of Crows
A gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who has become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse.
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Shadow and Bone
First book of a YA fantasy series with excellent and rich world building and complex characters who are not all stark black-and-white.
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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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