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A terrific collection of thought-provoking short stories. Some of the stories are better than others, but most are memorable, moving, and will plant ideas in your...

The good All the good parts of the previous book: fun premise, great characters, creative superpowers, and fun action scenes. Feels even more serious and gr...

While not as good as The God Delusion, this book is an excellent discussion of why god doesn’t exist, and why the world is better off without religion. It’s an im...

The good All the good parts of the previous book: fun premise, great characters, creative superpowers, and fun action scenes. Since the premise and characte...

The best entry in the series so far. You get the delightful characters from the previous books, plus a few new ones; the jokes feel a bit punchier; and the myster...

The good A fun premise: a university that trains people with superpowers to be heroes. It’s like a mix between the Harry Potter and Marvel universes. Great ...

When I read The Icarus Hunt, I remember thinking that it was a shame that it wasn’t part of a book series. Well, now it is! The Icarus Hunt now serves as a preque...

I loved Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and No Country for Old Men, but this book didn’t work for me.

A unique mix of whodunnit (with a detective and sidekick) and adventure on the high seas. Stuart Turton’s The 7 and 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle was an origina...

A good, comprehensive overview of the many ways to market a nonfiction book. I must admit I was initially put off by the book cover, stock photo images, and typog...