Daemon and Freedom™
by Daniel Suarez
Daniel Suarez has earned not one , but two spots in our reading room . These techno - thrillers not only utilize every bit of jargon from the cyberpunk ’s cookbook , and a reasonable amount of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson in to boot , they also have lethal self-reliant motorcycles with spinning katanas instead of handlebar . A worst - case - scenario tale of figurer takeover , Daemon was one of the most talked about high - tech thriller in recent times , but it terminate with a cliffhanger . gratefully , its sequel , Freedom ™ , is just hitting memory . [ Daemon : Amazon;Kindle;Barnes and NobleFreedom ™ :Amazon;Kindle;Barnes and Noble ]
The Magicians
by Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman ’s The Magicians has been describe as a grown - up interlingual rendition of Harry Potter , or “ something like ” The Chronicles of Narnia , but the truth is , it ’s more closely related to to them than that , and it ’s all told dissimilar — and equally worthy — at the same time . If you do n’t have it off those literary landmarks , you might get lost in Grossman ’s beautiful level of teenage defeat , which deftly shows off what it really feels like when the world of magic and mundaneness collide . Possibly one of the most underrated novels of the yr . [ Amazon;Kindle;Barnes and Noble;Nook ]
The Eight
by Katherine Neville
When I ’m enquire to describe Katherine Neville ’s The Eight , I tend to say that it ’s what Dan Brown would ’ve written if he were as good as Umberto Eco . It ’s a book full of puzzles , mystery , and cabal , in other words , all the things that make a narrative difficult to put down , even as it jumps between 1790 and present twenty-four hour period . ( Neville also write a follow up to The Eight , call up The Fire , which is good , but does n’t live up to the quiver of the first book . ) [ Amazon;Barnes and Noble ]
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami
This is a unhinged book that may require more than one reading to entirely wrap your brain around the switch storylines , but it ’s quite brilliant and might mistily remind you of Kafka ’s The Castle . [ Amazon;Barnes and Noble ]
Palimpsest
by Catherynne Valente
A protagonist of Danny Allen advocate Catherynne Valente ’s Palimpsest with such exuberance that Allen immediately perish the recommendation on to us . From what I ’ve heard about it , it ’s poetical , carnal , and whole magical which makes it worth a glance for a lazy weekend . [ Amazon;Kindle;Barnes and Noble ]
Icelander
by Dustin Long
Invisible Icelandic ninjas . That ’s all I want to hear about this Koran . It does n’t matter to me whether it ’s “ only marginally geeky ” or one of Dan Nosowitz ’s favorite books ever , it ’s got inconspicuous Icelandic ninjas . That alone make this seem like one of the coolest books around . [ Amazon;Barnes and Noble ]
A Spy in the Ointment
by Donald E. Westlake
Dan Nosowitz describes this book as heavy on the James Bond - style gadgetry . It ’s an early book ( circa 1966 ) from the lamented master copy of funny crime novel , Donald E. Westlake — and it ’s about as long as a typical James Bond novel , which is to say it toes the lineage of being a novelette . Hilarious , topical ( well , in the mid-60s ) , and a blowy page - turner , A Spy in the Ointment is one of those story of a gentleman hold into the world of external espionage , despite being totally poorly - equip . dandy fun . [ Amazon;Barnes and imposing ]
McSweeney’s Issue 15
by Various Writers
Dan Nosowitz recommended this appeal because of an awful forgetful story called “ A Precursor of the Cinema , ” about a fancied technology that makes paintings appear to move . The rest of the curt story in this publication are n’t regretful either , so it ’s definitely worth a read . [ Amazon;Barnes and stately ]
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera is among my most darling writers and while he ’s got many amazing books such asThe Book of Laughter and Forgetting and Laughable Loves , my favorite is still The Unbearable Lightness of Being . It ’s a book which will will make you think about the way in which we seek to find meaning in our lives , and whether there is even any meaning to be found . It ’s one of the very few novel I ’ve ever think of as a “ must read , ” not only because of its contentedness , but because of Kundera ’s writing style . Give it a try on a long weekend and come yell at me on the off - hazard that you do n’t care it . [ Amazon;Barnes and Noble ]
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