Torfinn Nome rated Norwegian Wood: 3 stars
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young …
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Torfinn Nome rated The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: 4 stars
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet: into his own childhood in America's Mid-West.Some say that the first hint …
Torfinn Nome rated The Eye of the World: 3 stars
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #1)
The Eye of the World is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, the first book of The Wheel …
Torfinn Nome rated George Orwell's 1984: 4 stars
George Orwell's 1984 by George Orwell, George Orwell (duplicate)
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
Torfinn Nome rated Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1): 4 stars
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) by Alastair Reynolds
Revelation Space is a 2000 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel (but not …
Torfinn Nome rated The bone collector: 4 stars
Torfinn Nome rated Don't Panic: 5 stars
Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman, David K. Dickson, M. J. Simpson, and 1 other
'It's all absolutely devastatingly true -- except the bits that are lies' Douglas Adams
Don't Panic celebrates the life of …
Torfinn Nome rated The Alchemist: 1 star
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
"My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked …
Torfinn Nome rated Snow: 2 stars
Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Touching, slyly comic, and humming with cerebral suspense—a masterful novel of "political intrigue and philosophy, romance and noir" (Vogue) and …
Torfinn Nome rated Ender's Game: 5 stars
Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game (Paperback, 1994, TOR Books)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game, #1)
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and …
Torfinn Nome rated Brave New World: 3 stars
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
Torfinn Nome rated Pandora's Star: 4 stars
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Torfinn Nome rated Hyperion: 5 stars
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
Torfinn Nome rated Out Stealing Horses: 2 stars
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
After a meeting with his only neighbor, sixty-seven-year-old Trond is forced to reflect upon a long-ago incident that marks the …
Torfinn Nome rated The Player of Games: 5 stars
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1988. It …