The Three-Body Problem

By Liu Cixin

I think the parts that I found interesting in this book, Liu Cixin did not. There are some intriguing concepts here, I think alien astronomy during the cultural revolution is a cool setting to explore…but there is a also a...

Shadow Country

By Peter Matthiessen

The term shadow cousins refers to family members that are excommunicated, not spoken of and ignored. At least in the parlance of the book; I suppose in real life as well, although I have not heard of it elsewhere. The...

Matter

By Iain M. Banks

The Hero of Ages

By Brandon Sanderson

Half the Sky:

By Nicholas D. Kristof

The Hunger Games

By Suzanne Collins

Paper Towns

By John Green

Nation

By Terry Pratchett