michael.sherman rated A Head Full of Ghosts: 4 stars
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
"The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display …
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michael.sherman rated Grass: 4 stars
Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
Generations ago, humans fled to the cosmic anomaly known as Grass. But before humanity arrived, another species had already claimed …
michael.sherman rated In sunlight and in shadow: 4 stars
michael.sherman rated And Quiet Flows the Don: 4 stars
And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
One of a continuing series of books about characters in a peasant village and their involvement in the brewing revolution …
michael.sherman rated The Three-Body Problem: 5 stars
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Three-Body Problem (Chinese: 三体; lit. 'Three-Body'; pinyin: sān tǐ) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu …
michael.sherman rated Annihilation: 4 stars
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges …
michael.sherman rated The vital question: 5 stars
The vital question by Nick Lane
A biochemist, building on the pillars of evolutionary theory and drawing on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and …
michael.sherman rated The Hot Zone: 3 stars
michael.sherman rated The Emperor of All Maladies: 5 stars
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years …
michael.sherman rated The Sparrow: 4 stars
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (The Sparrow, #1)
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing …
michael.sherman rated An American Tragedy: 5 stars
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
The classic depiction of the harsh realities of American life, the dark side of the American Dream, and one man's …
michael.sherman rated The Tin Drum: 4 stars
The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Set against the backcloth of National Socialism, [this novel] is told in the first person by the central figure, Oskar …
michael.sherman rated A Soldier of the Great War: 5 stars
michael.sherman rated 2666: 4 stars
2666 by Roberto Bolaño (Narrativas hispánicas ;)
michael.sherman rated Where late the sweet birds sang: 5 stars
Where late the sweet birds sang by Kate Wilhelm
Before becoming one of today's most intriguing and innovative mystery writers, Kate Wilhelm was a leading writer of science fiction, …