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I found this to be an interesting and occasionally powerful read—it’s hard to not be moved by depictions of the holocaust—but I was particularly busy when I read ...

The good

A few nuggets wrapped in so much business-speak that it’s genuinely hard to read. There’s only so many times I can hear terms like “enhancing shareholder value,” ...

Crap title, GREAT book. The premise: the FBI’s former chief international hostage negotiator (what a job title!) shares what he learned about negotiation through...

This is one hell of a survival tale. One of those stories where every time you think it can’t get worse, it does. Shackleton and his crew get stranded atop floati...

The premise is intriguing: what happens if the US is hit with an EMP strike, wiping out all electronics across the entire country? It makes you realize just how d...

This is a collection of 5 books smooshed together that retell the story of King Arthur. Although the overall story arc is interesting, and some of the books are b...

A cute, silly adventure of a rich British gentleman (Phileas Fogg) and his French valet (Passepartout), in 1872, trying to win a bet that they can circumnavigate ...

Wow. This is Sci Fi at its best. It’s a bit hard to get into, as you’re thrown into the middle of a massive universe, full of unfamiliar characters, factions, rel...

Like so many well-regarded self-help books, this one is a small kernel of valuable content, wrapped in a lot of fluff. It’s worth reading for that kernel, but I w...