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Good Omens

The end of times is upon us; the date for the apocalypse has been set, and the antichrist has been primed (sort of...). It’s up to one sympathetic pair, an angel and a demon, to calm things down and save the world.

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The Bullet That Missed

The four senior citizen detectives are at it again, this time solving a ten year old case of a murdered TV journalist... while other events happen around them

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Material World

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. The six fundamental raw materials which have shaped humanity and the world we live in. This book takes an in-depth look at each.

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The Devotion of Suspect X

Tokyo police detective Kusanagi has a perplexing case on his hands; he has a body, but is unable to piece together the events leading up to the death...

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The Three Body Problem

Set in the backdrop of the Chinese cultural revolution, an alien civilization on the brink of extinction plans to invade earth, and works to stagnate scientific progress on earth till they reach.

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The Guest List

A celebrity destination wedding is happening on a remote island off Ireland. Following a blackout, a body is discovered, but every guest has a secret to hide...

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River of Smoke

The Ibis completed its maiden voyage, taking labourers to Mauritius. The narrative shifts to Canton, and talks about the events that lead-up to the first Opium War

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Fahrenheit 451

Guy Montag burns books, and all other such illegal commodities. But when he is exposed to a world where people didn’t live in fear, Montag re-examines his life

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A Murder is Announced

Miss Marple decodes a very complicated murder which is preceded by an announcement of the murder in the local newspaper, replete with location, date and time.

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Roman Stories

A set of short stories set, or rather, woven around the eternal city of Rome

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The Scarlet Letter

In Puritan America, a young woman is accused of adultery, and is sentenced to wear the letter “A” on her outfit...

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The Stepford Wives

Joanna moves to beautiful Stepford with her family, it seems almost too good to be true. It is.

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