Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detection through Time and Space
By: Mike Ashley
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Assignment 1: Find party responsible for murders by space virus. Assignment 2: Investigate ‘acci…
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1. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
By: Paul Kriwaczek
3.91
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more
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"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
2. The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.19
Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the coloni… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- science fiction
"The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature."-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
"It symbolizes neither one nor the other, but a mixture of the two without priority"-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
"The first problem of living is to minimize friction with the crowds that surround you on all sides."-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
"Estamos constantemente al borde de lo incognoscible, e intentando entender lo que no puede ser entendido. Eso es lo que nos hambre hombres."-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
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- mystery
- thriller
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4. The Red House Mystery
By: A.A. Milne
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
The creator of such beloved storybook characters for children as Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyor… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
5. The Naked Sun (Robot #2)
By: Isaac Asimov
3.69
Format: 88 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the coloni… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
- science fiction
6. A Canticle for Leibowitz
By: Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
7. The City and the Stars
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.08
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel. Men had… read more
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- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fiction
"When the reality was depressing, men tried to console themselves with myth."-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars
"He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral."-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars
"Long ago the signalling had become no more than a meaningless ritual, now maintained by an animal which had forgotten to learn and a robot which had never known to forget."-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars
"Does it not seem strange to you, began Yarlan Zey, that though the skies are open to us, we have tried to bury ourselves in the Earth? It is the beginning of the sickness whose ending you have seen i…"-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars
8. Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.25
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
The titles of the first story in this collection—'Jeeves Takes Charge'— and the last—'Bertie Change… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
"Employers are like horses — they require management."-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
"You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound."-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
"Well, you know, there are limits to the sacred claims of friendship."-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
"What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?"-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
9. Rocannon's World
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
Adapted & expanded from the short story "The Dowry of Angyar". A world shared by three native human… read more
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10. The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.15
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonizatio… read more
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11. The Long Arm of the Law: Classic Police Stories
By: Martin Edwards
2.56
Format: 201 pages,
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12. Nightflyers
By: George R.R. Martin
2.57
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Nine misfit academics embark on an expedition, and the only ship available is the Nightflyer, a cyb… read more
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13. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)
By: Nghi Vo
4.24
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
14. The Terraformers
By: Annalee Newitz
3.37
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more
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- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fiction
15. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)
By: John Scalzi
4.18
Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition
An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more
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- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- short stories
- fiction
16. Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4)
By: Alastair Reynolds
4.11
Format: 432 pages, ebook
Miguel de Ruyter is a man with a past. Fleeing the 'wolves' - the xenocidal alien machines known… read more
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- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fiction
"The universe won’t do this to us,’ I whispered to myself. ‘It’s indifferent, but it isn’t actually cruel.’ Perhaps I believed myself, for a moment or two."-Alastair Reynolds, Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4)
17. Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories
By: Kate Atkinson
3.71
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author o… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
"Hello, Boy," Franklin said. He liked dogs, they were uncomplicated. "I'm a girl, actually," the dog said."-Kate Atkinson, Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories
18. The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.66
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translate… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- fiction
"What was Kenzo's reaction to all this criticism? His approach was to stay completely silent. He made no move whatsoever to respond to any of it. And, of course, water eventually wins over fire. One b…"-Seishi Yokomizo, The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
19. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)
By: Nghi Vo
4.03
Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
20. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
By: Annalee Newitz
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why … read more
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"Often it is in the most squalid and filthiest of places that we can uncover profound truths about a society that considers itself civilized."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"There was no giant sign proclaiming the end of life as they'd known it; instead, there was a mounting pile of annoyances and disappointments."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"City leaders pour resources into beautiful spectacles for political reasons, rather than providing good roads, functioning sewers, relatively safe marketplaces, and other basic amenities of urban lif…"-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
21. The Martyr (Covenant of Steel #2)
By: Anthony Ryan
4.40
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Deadly feuds and ancient secrets spell war in the second novel of The Covenant of Steel, a new epic… read more
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- fiction
"Old buildings are like aged carcasses . . . The flesh slips from the bones leaving gaps."-Anthony Ryan, The Martyr (Covenant of Steel #2)
22. The Seep
By: Chana Porter
3.66
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
Trina Goldberg-Oneka is a trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle—bu… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"Grief is happy memories."-Chana Porter, The Seep
"…interrogate the depths of your sadness or you’ll drown."-Chana Porter, The Seep
"Deeba had been a vegan long before the aliens came. Some people didn’t need cosmic intervention to know how to be good."-Chana Porter, The Seep
"How have we never met before? they said again and again, but what they really meant was How have I only just begun to love you?"-Chana Porter, The Seep
23. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
By: Ellis Peters
4.17
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more
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- fiction
"Love shared is no sin."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
24. Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
By: Eric Klinenberg
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our frac… read more
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"Democracy must begin at home, and its home is the neighborly community."-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"Even the Internet, which was supposed to deliver unprecedented cultural diversity ad democratic communication, has become an echo chamber where people see and hear what they already believe."-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"Today, our communities are full of children whose future, like Jelani's, will be formed in the places where they go to learn about themselves and the world they'll inherit. They deserve palaces. Whet…"-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
"The accessible physical space of the library is not the only factor that makes it work well as social infrastructure. The institution's extensive programming, organized by a professional staff that u…"-Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
25. Secret Lives (Secret Lives #1)
By: Mark de Castrique
3.70
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
Ethel Fiona Crestwater is used to being underestimated. At seventy-five years old, she looks like s… read more
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- thriller
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- suspense
26. Autumn Chills: Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime
By: Agatha Christie
3.90
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
An all-new collection of autumn-themed mysteries from the master of the genre.Autumn is the season … read more
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- short stories
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27. Morsels: A Novel
By: Abe Moss
3.81
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
Meeting the family is scary. Surviving them is a nightmare.Connie can’t deny she’s nervous about me… read more
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28. Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles
By: Emily Alder
3.65
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
From the unsettling expanses of mud flats to foreboding cliffs and treacherous reefs, the coasts of… read more
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- short stories
- anthologies
29. Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries
By: Martin Edwards
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Talented sportsmen inexplicably go absent without leave, crafty gamblers conspire in the hope of ma… read more
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- fiction
- short stories
- anthologies
30. Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detection through Time and Space
By: Mike Ashley
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Assignment 1: Find party responsible for murders by space virus. Assignment 2: Investigate ‘acci… read more
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