The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett
A very popular novel about the building of a cathedral. Except its not about the building of a cathedral
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The Spinoza Problem – Irvin D Yalom
A novel that explores the strange relationship between the Nazi’s and Baruch Spinoza
The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
There is an anecdote about the acclaimed film director Stanley Kubrick that goes as follows: when Kubrick told a friend
Antica Madre – Valerio Massimo Manfredi
A DNF. Sometimes it just doesn’t work.
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
I didn’t get it. I just flat out didn’t get any of it.
The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
This book will haunt me till my dying day. Me and The Sun Also Rises have a torrid history. This
All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
What is a war story? What is an anti-war story?
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The Atheist in the Attic – Samuel R Delany
What does it mean when you are struggling with a book that, by all descriptions, you should easily love?
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