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The good The first half of the book has some excellent mysteries: a truck is stolen, but then found later with all the goods still in it; a gangster turn...

The good The story of Carlos Hathcock is genuinely insane. It is straight out of legend. I won’t spoil any of it here, but suffice it to say that if you’...

Another solid entry in the Jack Reacher series. This one goes back to the 90s, earlier in Reacher’s career, and focuses on him untangling the mysterious death of ...

I’m still really enjoying this series. This third entry, which focus more on establishing colonies and politics, has less combat and action than the previous two,...

I thought the previous book, London Rules, to be one of the best in the series; this one, Joe Country, seems to be one of the worst. Not to say that it’s complete...

The good Intriguing premise: a futuristic society where some people, known as “peepers” or “Espers,” are telepaths who can read your mind. All peepers ca...

Ed Yong has a great way of making you see the world differently. This book isn’t quite as good as An Immense World, but still super interesting. It focuses on the...

The good A fast-paced, exciting adventure story. Plenty of good action. Dirk Pitt is a reasonably entertaining protagonist. ...

The good Fun premise: the quest to build satellites that use solar panels to gather energy and beam it down to earth. A reusable space plane that makes i...

DNF. The story seems to meander randomly: it’s not clear why Maigret is following Pietr the Latvian in the first place; it’s not clear why there are so many look...