The Three Body Problem
★☆☆☆☆
Set in the backdrop of the Chinese cultural revolution, an alien civilization on the brink of extinction plans to invade earth, and works to stagnate scientific progress on earth till they reach.
The Guest List
★★★★★
A celebrity destination wedding is happening on a remote island off Ireland. Following a blackout, a body is discovered, but every guest has a secret to hide...
River of Smoke
★★★★☆
The Ibis completed its maiden voyage, taking labourers to Mauritius. The narrative shifts to Canton, and talks about the events that lead-up to the first Opium War
Fahrenheit 451
★★★★★
Guy Montag burns books, and all other such illegal commodities. But when he is exposed to a world where people didn’t live in fear, Montag re-examines his life
A Murder is Announced
★★☆☆☆
Miss Marple decodes a very complicated murder which is preceded by an announcement of the murder in the local newspaper, replete with location, date and time.
Roman Stories
★☆☆☆☆
A set of short stories set, or rather, woven around the eternal city of Rome
The Scarlet Letter
★★☆☆☆
In Puritan America, a young woman is accused of adultery, and is sentenced to wear the letter “A” on her outfit...
The Stepford Wives
★★★★★
Joanna moves to beautiful Stepford with her family, it seems almost too good to be true. It is.
A Christmas Carol
★★★★★
A classic which has lent so much to our everyday parlance, and likely started the very concept of “Christmas Spirit”
Life of Pi
★★★★☆
A grand novel blending several different concepts and themes; philosophy, religion, and, above all, the enduring human spirit in the face of adversity
The 39 Steps
★★★★★
The original spy-thriller; a mining engineer on vacation is caught up in an international conspiracy involving assassinations, disguises, shady backroom dealings and shifty Germans
Sea of Poppies
★★★★★
The first book of the Ibis trilogy, a delightful epic set in the 1830’s, telling the stories of several people whose lives intersect with the ocean-going vessel “Ibis”
Poor Things
★★★★☆
A retelling of the Frankenstein mythos, with the beautiful young Bella Baxter brought back to life with the brain of an infant
The Searcher
★★★★★
Cal, a retired police officer from the US, now settled in rural Ireland, is approached by a local kid for help looking for a missing brother.
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
★★★★☆
Pippa Fitz-Amobi starts investigating a murder as a high-school project, but the secrets she uncovers are ones that no one wants to face
The Andromeda Strain
★★★★☆
A group of scientists race against time in a special facility to contain an alien organism.