Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn #Rand
This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators?
Genres: #Fiction #Classics
#Philosophy #Literature
#Politics #ScienceFiction
#Novels
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail #Bulgakov
An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature
Genres:
#Classics #Fiction #Cultural #Russia
#Fantasy #Magical #Realism #Novels
Fight Club
by Chuck #Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation’s most visionary satirist in this, his first book. Fight Club’s estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours boxing matches in the basement of bars.
Genres:
#Fiction #Classics #Contemporary
#Thriller #Novels #Mystery
#Adult #Literature #American
The year is 2034. There's no hope for humans to return to the surface of Earth, to repopulate the forsaken cities, and to become once again the masters of the world they used to be. So they rebuild a strange and grotesque civilization in the tunnels and at the stations of the subway. Stations become city-states that wage trade and war on each other. A fragile equilibrium is established. And then all can be ruined in matter of days. A new horrible threat looms that can eradicate the remains of humanity and end our era. It would take three unlikely heroes to face this menace. By: #DmitryGlukhovsky #Glukhovsky Series: #Metro №2 Genres: #Apocalyptic #PostApocalyptic #Fiction #ScienceFiction #Dystopia #Horror #Fantasy
French naturalist Dr. Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down a sea monster, only to discover instead the Nautilus, a remarkable submarine built by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Together Nemo and Aronnax explore the underwater marvels, undergo a transcendent experience amongst the ruins of Atlantis, and plant a black flag at the South Pole. But Nemo's mission is one of revenge-and his methods coldly efficient. By: #JulesVerne #Verne Series: #CaptainNemo #Nemo Genres: #Classics #ScienceFiction #Fiction #Adventure
An exciting tale about Han and Chewie and their adventures in the Millennium Falcon with the pirate Hondo. By: #LouAnders Series: #StarWars #SW Genre(s): #ScienceFiction #YoungAdult #Fiction
MGB officer Leo is a man who never questions the Party Line. He arrests whomever he is told to arrest. He dismisses the horrific death of a young boy because he is told to, because he believes the Party stance that there can be no murder in Communist Russia. Leo is the perfect soldier of the regime. But suddenly his confidence that everything he does serves a great good is shaken. He is forced to watch a man he knows to be innocent be brutally tortured. And then he is told to arrest his own wife. Leo understands how the State works: Trust and check, but check particularly on those we trust. He faces a stark choice: his wife or his life. And still the killings of children continue... By: #TomRobSmith Series: #LeoDemidov №1 Genres: #Fiction #Historical #HistoricalFiction #Mystery #Thriller #Mystery #Crime
An exciting tale about Han and Chewie and their adventures in the Millennium Falcon with the pirate Hondo. By: #LouAnders Series: #StarWars #SW Genre(s): #ScienceFiction #YoungAdult #Fiction
When Padmé Naberrie, "Queen Amidala" of Naboo, steps down from her position, she is asked by the newly-elected queen to become Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate. Padmé is unsure about taking on the new role, but cannot turn down the request to serve her people. Together with her most loyal handmaidens, Padmé must figure out how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics and forge a new identity beyond the queen's shadow. By: #Johnston Series: #StarWars Genre(s): #SW #ScienceFiction #YoungAdult #Fiction
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.
Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.
Everything is going to change.
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.