Similar Books 100See All
Page of 5    1 2 3 4 5    
A Briefer History of Time

A Briefer History of Time by Leonard Mlodinow, Stephen Hawking

Average rating:   (read by 9 members)

In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the...
 
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat

In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin

Average rating:   (read by 4 members)

Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no nuclear power or nuclear weapons, no TV, no computers, no science of molecular biology, no understanding of DNA, no...
 
Macunaima

Macunaima by Mario De Andrade

Average rating:   (read by 2 members)


 
Sophie's World

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

Average rating:   (read by 6 members)

A special limited edition of nine classic novels produced to coincide with Weidenfeld & Nicolson's 60th anniversary. Designed by the award-winning advertising agency Fallon with special endpapers commissioned from ground-breaking artists. The endpapers for this title have been designed by Mikko Rantanen. When...
 
The Secret

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Average rating:   (read by 62 members)

Once known only by an elite who were unwilling to share their knowledge of the power, 'the secret' of obtaining anything you desire is now revealed by prominent physicists, authors and philosophers as being based in the universal Law of Attraction. And the good news is that anyone can access its power to bring...
 
Slam

Slam by Nick Hornby

Average rating:   (read by 47 members)

Whoever invented skateboarding is a genius. There's only one skater, and his name's Tony Hawk. It doesn't matter if you don't know who he is, just trust me. Not only is Hawk the world's best skater, he's also good to talk to. So I talk to Tony Hawk, and Tony Hawk talks back. Because just when it seemed like...
 
Seeing

Seeing by Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa

Average rating:   (read by 6 members)

Despite the heavy rain, the presiding officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out. Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when eventually, after an extension, the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank - not...
 
The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins

Average rating:   (read by 21 members)

A wartime thriller about a daring mission to kidnap Winston Churchill from Britain and take him to Nazi Germany, assisted by IRA gunman Liam Devlin. First published in 1975. From the author of EYE OF THE STORM, THUNDER POINT, ON DANGEROUS GROUND and SHEBA.
 
The Man on the Balcony

The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo

Average rating:   (read by 5 members)

The third thrilling classic instalment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s -- the novels that have inspired all crime fiction written ever since. The Martin Beck series is widely recognised as the greatest masterpiece of crime fiction ever written. These are the original detective stories that...
 
Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

Average rating:   (read by 60 members)

Agatha Christie's most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish...
 
The Goal

The Goal by J. Cox, Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Average rating:   (read by 5 members)


 
Fever Pitch

Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

Average rating:   (read by 95 members)

A famous account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter. Told through a series of match reports, "Fever Pitch" has enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success since it was first published in 1992. It has helped to create a new kind of sports writing, and established Hornby as one of the finest...
 
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Average rating:   (read by 20 members)


 
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling

Average rating:   (read by 1905 members)

Home for the summer, all Harry wants is to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry soon receives a warning from a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.
 
Roseanna

Roseanna by Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo

Average rating:   (read by 9 members)

Perennial launch the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s -- the novels that have inspired all crime fiction written ever since. Widely recognised as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written, these are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre and inspired...
 
Happiness

Happiness by Will Ferguson

Average rating:   (read by 12 members)

Why would there be a contract out on Edwin de Valu's life? Edwin -- the wiry low-level editor at Panderic Press. Why has rage disappeared from the roads and McDonald's gone alfalfa? How come everyone seems so damn happy? And most importantly, who, or what, is Tupak Soiree? When an enormous self-help manuscript...
 
Existentialism Is a Humanism

Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre, John Kulka, Carol Macomber, Annie Cohen-Solal, Arlette Elkaim-Sartre

Average rating:   (read by 3 members)

It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Sartre accepted an invitation to speak on October 29, 1945, at the Club Maintenant in Paris. The unstated objective of his lecture ("Existentialism Is a Humanism") was to expound his philosophy as a form of "existentialism," a term much bandied about at...
 
A Season in Hell

A Season in Hell by Jack Higgins

Average rating:   (read by 4 members)

The activities of international drug-pushers are revealed in this dramatic thriller by Jack Higgins, the author of "Night of the Fox", "The Savage Day", "The Eagle Has Landed", "Day of Judgment" and many other adventure novels.
 
Who Will Cry When You Die?

Who Will Cry When You Die? by Robin Sharma

Average rating:   (read by 2 members)


 
The Way I am

The Way I am by Eminem

Average rating:   (read by 2 members)

"There is this guy Eminem. He has created a sense of what is possible. He has sent a voltage around a generation. He has done this not just through his subversive attitude but also his verbal energy." - Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature A decade ago, Eminem exploded onto the world with The Slim Shady...
 
Page of 5    1 2 3 4 5    
We think you'll like...We think you'll like...
Login or Join to see what we recommend to you
Top Books this week
Subscribe    See All
Most Read this week
Subscribe    See All
Top Authors this week
Subscribe    See All
J. K. Rowling
 
Stephenie Meyer
 
Stephen King