Marika's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 29 Jul 2023 05:00:49 -0700 60 Marika's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Mr. Nice 230543 560 Howard Marks 1841953199 Marika 0 to-read 3.91 1996 Mr. Nice
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Anna Karenina, Vol 1 of 8 1038121 Leo Tolstoy 1425017045 Marika 0 to-read 4.00 1877 Anna Karenina, Vol 1 of 8
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average rating: 4.00
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Alone in Berlin 6801335
Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm, and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Then the Quangels receive the news that their beloved son has been killed fighting in France. Shocked out of their quiet existence, they begin a silent campaign of defiance, and a deadly game of cat and mouse develops between the Quangels and the ambitious Gestapo inspector Escherich. When petty criminals Kluge and Borkhausen also become involved, deception, betrayal and murder ensue, tightening the noose around the Quangels' necks ...

If you enjoyed Alone in Berlin, you might like John Steinbeck's The Moon is Down, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

'One of the most extraordinary and compelling novels written about World War II. Ever.' -- Alan Furst

'Terrific ... a fast-moving, important and astutely deadpan thriller.' -- The Irish Times

'An unrivalled and vivid portrait of life in wartime Berlin.' -- Philip Kerr

'To read Fallada's testament to the darkest years of the 20th century is to be accompanied by a wise, somber ghost who grips your shoulder and whispers into your ear: "This is how it was. This is what happened."' -- The New York Times]]>
590 Hans Fallada 014118938X Marika 5 4.26 1947 Alone in Berlin
author: Hans Fallada
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average rating: 4.26
book published: 1947
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin 578519 This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780749397548

It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician.

When the local doctor's daughter's letters to her fiancé - a member of the underground - go unanswered, the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable. But can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender?]]>
436 Louis de Bernières Marika 0 to-read 4.21 1994 Captain Corelli's Mandolin
author: Louis de Bernières
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average rating: 4.21
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Phantom (Harry Hole, #9) 13349546 OVER 33 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE

HARRY'S IN TROUBLE...

After the horrors of a case that nearly cost him his life, Harry Hole left Oslo and the police force far behind him. Now he's back, but the case he's come to investigate is already closed, and the suspect already behind bars.

THE POLICE DON'T WANT HIM BACK...

Denied permission to reopen the investigation, Harry strikes out on his own, quickly discovering a trail of violence and mysterious disappearances apparently unnoticed by the police. At every turn, Harry is faced with a wall of silence.

THE CRIMINALS DON'T WANT HIM BACK...

But Harry is not the only one interested in the case. From the moment he steps off the plane, someone is watching his every move.

...SOMEONE WANTS HIM SILENCED]]>
547 Jo Nesbø 009955478X Marika 5 4.12 2011 Phantom (Harry Hole, #9)
author: Jo Nesbø
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average rating: 4.12
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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I absolutely loved this. My favourite one so far. Loved the different style, Harry being out on his own even more than usual, and all the other bits I won't mention as it will e a huge spoiler. Fantastic read and unputdownable :0)
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<![CDATA[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)]]> 2732977 Henrik Vanger, head of the dynastic Vanger Corporation, is tormented by the loss of a child decades earlier and convinced that a member of his family has committed murder.

The Journalist
Mikael Blomkvist delves deep into the Vangers' past to uncover the truth behind the unsolved mystery. But someone else wants the past to remain a secret an will go to any lengths to keep it that way.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Lisbeth Salander, the enigmatic, delinquent and dangerous security specialist, assists in the investigation. A genius computer hacker, she tolerates no restrictions placed upon her by individuals, society or the law.]]>
538 Stieg Larsson Marika 4 4.15 2005 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
author: Stieg Larsson
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average rating: 4.15
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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Panserhjerte (Harry Hole, #8) 6891433
Politiet står uten spor og beslutter seg for å finne etterforsker Harry Hole. Han har flyktet fra landet og befinner seg i et herberge i Hong Kong, der han doper seg mens han gjemmer seg for kreditorer.

Lokkemiddelet for å få Hole til å komme hjem er at gjelden hans vil bli slettet. Og at faren ligger for døden. Drapssakene har han mindre interesse for. Inntil noe skjer.

Panserhjerte er den åttende i rekken av Nesbøs prisbelønte bøker om politietterforsker Harry Hole � hittil solgt i over en og en halv million eksemplarer bare i Norge og utgitt i 37 land]]>
517 Jo Nesbø 8203195512 Marika 4 4.08 2009 Panserhjerte (Harry Hole, #8)
author: Jo Nesbø
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average rating: 4.08
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rating: 4
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Whilst somewhat predictable and very easy to read, I do love the Harry Hole series and find them quite addictive! Hopefully Jo Nesbo will keep up the twisted serial killer theme in Phantom :-)
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Birdman (Jack Caffery, #1) 130260
Detective Inspector Jack Caffery - young, driven, unshockable - finds himself facing both hostility within the force and echoes of his past in this, his first case with AMIP. Haunted by the memory of a death long ago, he employs every weapon forensic science can offer for he knows it is only a matter of time before this chaotic, sadistic killer strikes again.]]>
448 Mo Hayder 0440236169 Marika 0 currently-reading 3.89 1999 Birdman (Jack Caffery, #1)
author: Mo Hayder
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average rating: 3.89
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<![CDATA[Never Somewhere Else (DCI Lorimer, #1)]]> 1639457 272 Alex Gray 1841953938 Marika 3 3.65 2002 Never Somewhere Else (DCI Lorimer, #1)
author: Alex Gray
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average rating: 3.65
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[The Ice Harvest (The Ice Harvest #1)]]> 96621 217 Scott Phillips 0345440196 Marika 0 to-read 3.58 1999 The Ice Harvest (The Ice Harvest #1)
author: Scott Phillips
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average rating: 3.58
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<![CDATA[Cold Blood (Lorraine Page, #2)]]> 1043643
In her desperation to succeed in this, her first case as a private detective, ex-Lieutenant Lorraine Page is caught in a web of deceit and violence that threatens to drag her back into the murky world she has fought so hard to escape.

Continuing the investigation means risking everything. But the million-dollar bonus is one hell of an incentive not to back off from a case that could kill her - or give her the future and the professional respect she craves.]]>
402 Lynda La Plante 0679441042 Marika 2 3.88 1997 Cold Blood (Lorraine Page, #2)
author: Lynda La Plante
name: Marika
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1997
rating: 2
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Way too long. Disappointing follow up to Cold Shoulder.
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<![CDATA[The Architect (Frank Clevenger, #6)]]> 446751 West Crosse is a genius at creating spaces uniquely fitting the people who will inhabit them. The catch: he works under a shroud of secrecy, charges his clients a fortune, and then sometimes, in the most skillful and horrifying ways, he kills them...

West has the best of reasons. He's designing lives as well as homes, obliterating everything that is ugly, accidental, or ill-conceived. And with each meticulous murder he commits, he's getting better--leaving behind carved bodies that make a bone chilling statement of their own...

Forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger is hunting an outrageous serial killer whose victims seem to have only wealth in common. With his own life in shambles and the murderer two steps ahead of him, Clevenger can't know that the next killing ground will be the White House, where an innocent life just needs the perfect touch...
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352 Keith Ablow 031293971X Marika 4 3.69 2004 The Architect (Frank Clevenger, #6)
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average rating: 3.69
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The Tutor 27053
When Scott and Linda Gardner hire Julian Sawyer to tutor their troubled teenage son Brandon, he seems like the answer to a prayer. Capable and brilliant, Julian connects with Brandon in a way neither of his parents can. He also effortlessly helps Linda to salvage a troubled business deal and gives Scott expert advice on his tennis game. Only eleven-year old Ruby—funny, curious, devoted to Sherlock Holmes—has doubts about the stranger in their midst who has so quickly become like a member of the family. But even the observant Ruby is far from understanding Julian’s true designs on the Gardners.

For Julian, the Gardners are like specimens in jars, creatures to be studied� and manipulated. Scott is a gambler with no notion of odds, festering in the shadow of his more successful brother. Linda is ambitious, hungry for the cultured stimulation Julian easily provides. Brandon is risking his future late at night in the town woods. And Ruby—well, she’s just a silly little girl. And in that miscalculation lies the Gardner family’s only possible salvation.

In The Tutor , Peter Abrahams creates a living, breathing portrait of an American family, their town, their secrets, their dreams—and a portrait just as compelling of the menace they welcome into their home. It is his most chilling, suspenseful novel to date.]]>
384 Peter Abrahams 0345439414 Marika 5 3.53 2002 The Tutor
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average rating: 3.53
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A Perfect Crime 154652
An unfaithful wife. A cheating lover. A loyal friend. A jealous husband. In this stunning thriller, four lives hang in precarious balance--as a cunning killer prepares their roles in A Perfect Crime.]]>
384 Peter Abrahams 0345426800 Marika 0 to-read 3.54 1998 A Perfect Crime
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Nerve Damage 109966 320 Peter Abrahams 0061137979 Marika 0 to-read 3.41 2007 Nerve Damage
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Reality Check 5323360
Reality Check is another edge-of-your-seat suspense novel by the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author of Down the Rabbit Hole.]]>
330 Peter Abrahams 0061227668 Marika 0 to-read 3.59 2009 Reality Check
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666: The Number of the Beast 770794 This anthology brings together the best of today's horror writers in one spine-tingling collection. All of these stories are guaranteed to terrify!

So lock the door. Turn on the lights. Don't answer the phone. Open the book...if you dare...]]>
336 Peter Abrahams 0545021170 Marika 0 to-read 3.62 2007 666: The Number of the Beast
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<![CDATA[Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)]]> 280366
As the team of detectives reopen this very cold case, Inspector Erlendur uncovers secrets that are much larger than the murder of one old man--secrets that have been carefully guarded by many people for many years. As he follows a fascinating trail of unusual forensic evidence, Erlendur also confronts stubborn personal conflicts that reveal his own depth and complexity of character.]]>
275 Arnaldur Indriðason 0312340702 Marika 3 3.83 2000 Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)
author: Arnaldur Indriðason
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average rating: 3.83
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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Very quick read, bit silly at the end but fairly enjoyable.
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Creep (Creep, #1) 10088219
If he can’t have her . . .

Dr. Sheila Tao is a professor of psychology. An expert in human behavior. And when she began an affair with sexy, charming graduate student Ethan Wolfe, she knew she was playing with fire. Consumed by lust when they were together, riddled with guilt when they weren’t, she knows the three-month fling with her teaching assistant has to end. After all, she’s finally engaged to a kind and loving investment banker who adores her, and she’s taking control of her life. But when she attempts to end the affair, Ethan Wolfe won’t let her walk away.

. . . no one else can.

Ethan has plans for Sheila, plans that involve posting a sex video that would surely get her fired and destroy her prestigious career. Plans to make her pay for rejecting him. And as she attempts to counter his every threatening move without her colleagues or her fiancé discovering her most intimate secrets, a shattering crime rocks Puget Sound State University: a female student, a star athlete, is found stabbed to death. Someone is raising the stakes of violence, sex, and blackmail . . . and before she knows it, Sheila is caught in a terrifying cat-and-mouse game with the lover she couldn’t resist—who is now the monster who won’t let her go.]]>
357 Jennifer Hillier 1451625847 Marika 4 3.88 2011 Creep (Creep, #1)
author: Jennifer Hillier
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Cold Shoulder (Lorraine Page, #1)]]> 1455052 415 Lynda La Plante 0679441034 Marika 5 3.88 1994 Cold Shoulder (Lorraine Page, #1)
author: Lynda La Plante
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 1994
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Cold Heart (Lorraine Page, #3)]]> 362766 ;;;;;;;;
A single gunshot into a Beverly Hills swimming pool ends the life of movie mogul Harry Nathan, a man with so many enemies--including a widow and two ex-wives--that the challenge for PI Lorraine Page at first seems to be the surfeit of suspects. Newly established as an independent private investigator, Lorraine comes to the case hungry and determined to succeed--but Harry Nathan's death is the beginning, not the end, of a trail of lust and conspiracy leading to the darkest corners of the international art world. A sordid trail of video evidence implicates other leading Hollywood figures in the case, while Lorraine finds her own investigations hampered by the personal intervention of new police chief Jake Burton, a man who appears to know everything bad about her but still seems determined to know more.
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As the failures of her past come back to haunt her, Lorraine finds that solving this murder is no longer just a job, it's about recapturing her own self-worth. A first-rate crime story, a love story, and more--it's precisely the kind of superior suspense novel we've come to expect from Lynda La Plante, one of the preeminent originators of realistic crime drama.]]>
322 Lynda La Plante 0375500049 Marika 0 to-read 3.79 1999 Cold Heart (Lorraine Page, #3)
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average rating: 3.79
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Yellow 1213540 Vertigo-like spiral of secrets and betrayals begin to seep through the flat like the acrid, yellow odor of gas. And as the two engage in a brilliantly choreographed erotic dance, Stella’s life gradually slips through her fingers as everything she has sought to control turns against her.]]> 192 Janni Visman 0670034029 Marika 5 3.23 2004 Yellow
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average rating: 3.23
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<![CDATA[Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)]]> 11505797
Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.]]>
432 Jamie McGuire Marika 0 to-read 4.02 2011 Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
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average rating: 4.02
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XO (Kathryn Dance, #3) 12988640 An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9781439156377 can be found here

From the international #1 bestselling author--a sensational thriller in which a beautiful young star is stalked by an obsessive fan who thinks her big hit song was written just for him.Kayleigh Towne's music career is just reaching new heights with her huge hit single "Your Shadow"--but increased fame is also bringing unwanted attention. An innocent exchange with one of her fans, signed with an "XO," leads Kayleigh into the dangerous and terrifying realm of obsession.

Edwin Sharp thinks Kayleigh's songs contain messages that speak directly to him. Despite her clear rejection and threats from lawyers and law enforcers, he remains convinced that "Your Shadow" was written just for him, and he announces he's coming for Kayleigh. Then a potentially fatal accident occurs at the concert hall where Kayleigh is rehearsing for a triumphant hometown performance, and she is convinced that someone--maybe Edwin--was there watching her from the darkness.

Speeding along over just three short days, this nail-biting thriller is filled with terrifying twists that will hold readers in rapt suspense until the final shocking revelation.]]>
385 Jeffery Deaver Marika 1 3.75 2012 XO (Kathryn Dance, #3)
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average rating: 3.75
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Dune (Dune, #1) 234225 Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for...

When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.]]>
604 Frank Herbert 0340839937 Marika 3 4.21 1965 Dune (Dune, #1)
author: Frank Herbert
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average rating: 4.21
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Cell 10567 Where were you on October 1st at 3:03 pm?

Graphic artist Clay Riddell was in the heart of Boston on that brilliant autumn afternoon when hell was unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and chaos reigned. Ordinary people fell victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction.

And the apocalypse began with the ring of a cell phone...]]>
449 Stephen King 1416524517 Marika 2 3.67 2006 Cell
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Tick Tock 281433 352 Dean Koontz 0345405137 Marika 1 3.76 1996 Tick Tock
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<![CDATA[Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)]]> 28877 454 Thomas Harris Marika 4 4.07 1981 Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
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average rating: 4.07
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rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)]]> 32418 564 Thomas Harris Marika 2 3.82 1999 Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)
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Intensity 138124 469 Dean Koontz 0747248400 Marika 5 3.74 1995 Intensity
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Dracula 17245 You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.

In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.

This Norton Critical Edition includes a rich selection of background and source materials in three areas: Contexts includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and "Dracula's Guest," the original opening chapter to Dracula. Reviews and Reactions reprints five early reviews of the novel. "Dramatic and Film Variations" focuses on theater and film adaptations of Dracula, two indications of the novel's unwavering appeal. David J. Skal, Gregory A. Waller, and Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists of both dramatic and film adaptations are included.

Criticism collects seven theoretical interpretations of Dracula by Phyllis A. Roth, Carol A. Senf, Franco Moretti, Christopher Craft, Bram Dijkstra, Stephen D. Arata, and Talia Schaffer.

A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.]]>
488 Bram Stoker 0393970124 Marika 3 4.02 1897 Dracula
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1984 3744438 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101 . . .

Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime.]]>
334 George Orwell 0141036141 Marika 5 4.20 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
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average rating: 4.20
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<![CDATA[The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]]> 5907 Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).]]> 366 J.R.R. Tolkien Marika 5 4.29 1937 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Demon Seed 228204
But now her security system has been breached, her sanctuary from the outside world violated by an insidious artificial intelligence, which has taken control of her house. In the privacy of her own home, and against her will, Susan will experience an inconceivable act of terror. She will become the object of the ultimate computer's consuming obsession: to learn everything there is to know about the flesh...]]>
303 Dean Koontz 0425158594 Marika 4 3.46 1973 Demon Seed
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average rating: 3.46
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rating: 4
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The Magic Cottage 397859 400 James Herbert 0330451561 Marika 4 3.73 1986 The Magic Cottage
author: James Herbert
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average rating: 3.73
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Christine 10629
Elle aime les sensations fortes, les virées nocturnes et le rock n'roll des années héroïques. Depuis qu'elle connaît Arnie, elle est amoureuse. Signe particulier : Christine est une Plymouth « Fury », sortie en 1958 des ateliers automobiles de Detroit.

Une seule rivale en travers de sa route : Leigh, la petite amie d'Arnie�
Ce roman légendaire de Stephen King, rythmé par la musique de Chuck Berry et de Janis Joplin, a déjà pris place parmi les classiques de l'épouvante.]]>
411 Stephen King 2253147699 Marika 0 to-read 3.85 1983 Christine
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<![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)]]> 11
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]>
216 Douglas Adams Marika 4 4.21 1979 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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Catch-22 168668
Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy—it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he’s assigned, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller’s personal archive; and much more. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature.]]>
453 Joseph Heller 0684833395 Marika 0 to-read 3.99 1961 Catch-22
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<![CDATA[The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)]]> 2429135
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.]]>
480 Stieg Larsson 0670069019 Marika 5 4.17 2005 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
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Pride and Prejudice 1885 Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268]]>
279 Jane Austen 1441341706 Marika 4 4.28 1813 Pride and Prejudice
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<![CDATA[Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)]]> 227443 a. lose 7 pounds
b. stop smoking
c. develop Inner Poise

"129 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds in the middle of the night? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier? Repulsive, horrifying notion), alcohol units 4 (excellent), cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow), number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)..."

"Bridget Jones' Diary" is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of Bridget's permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement � a year in which she resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult - and learn to program the VCR.

Over the course of the year, Bridget loses a total of 72 pounds but gains a total of 74. She remains, however, optimistic. Through it all, Bridget will have you helpless with laughter, and � like millions of readers the world round � you'll find yourself shouting, "Bridget Jones is me!"]]>
288 Helen Fielding 014028009X Marika 5 3.81 1996 Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
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Jane Eyre 10210 Alternate editions can be found here and here.

A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.

Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice. Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.]]>
532 Charlotte Brontë 0142437204 Marika 5 4.14 1847 Jane Eyre
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<![CDATA[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)]]> 100915
Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first her brothers and sister don't believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, then Peter and Susan step through the wardrobe themselves. In Narnia they find a country buried under the evil enchantment of the White Witch. When they meet the Lion Aslan, they realize they've been called to a great adventure and bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch's sinister spell.]]>
206 C.S. Lewis Marika 5 4.24 1950 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
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<![CDATA[Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)]]> 76620 Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9780380395866 here.

Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of friends, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.]]>
478 Richard Adams 038039586X Marika 4 4.08 1972 Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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’Salem’s Lot 11590 Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0450031063

Thousands of miles away from the small township of 'Salem's Lot, two terrified people, a man and a boy, still share the secrets of those clapboard houses and tree-lined streets. They must return to 'Salem's Lot for a final confrontation with the unspeakable evil that lives on in the town.]]>
483 Stephen King 0450031063 Marika 3 4.06 1975 ’Salem’s Lot
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<![CDATA[Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)]]> 228296
Suppose that only after you became pregnant did you begin to suspect the building harbored a diabolically evil group of devil worshippers who had mastered the arts of black magic and witchcraft.

Suppose that this satanic conspiracy set out to claim not only your husband but your baby.

Well, that's what happened to Rosemary... Or did it...?]]>
308 Ira Levin 0451194004 Marika 2 4.04 1967 Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
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average rating: 4.04
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The Shining (The Shining, #1) 11588 497 Stephen King 0450040186 Marika 5 4.28 1977 The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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Pet Sematary 10583
Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago.

Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive note of threat.

But behind the house and away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully clear path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial.

A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding...]]>
576 Stephen King 1416524347 Marika 4 3.90 1983 Pet Sematary
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average rating: 3.90
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Needful Things 107291 790 Stephen King Marika 2 3.98 1991 Needful Things
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average rating: 3.98
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rating: 2
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Misery 10614 #1, #2, #3, #4

Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.]]>
370 Stephen King 0450417395 Marika 4 4.22 1987 Misery
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Cujo 10603
Uno de los grandes clásicos de Stephen King, el gran maestro actual de la literatura de terror.]]>
432 Stephen King 0307348245 Marika 5 3.79 1981 Cujo
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Gerald's Game 32692
But this time Jessie didn't want to play. Lying there, spreadeagled and handcuffed to the bedstead while he'd loomed and drooled over her, she'd felt angry and humiliated.

So she'd kicked out hard. Aimed to hit him where it hurt.

And now he was dead - a coronary - on the floor.

Leaving Jessie alone and helpless in a lakeside holiday cabin. Miles from nowhere. No-one to hear her screams.

Alone. Except for the voices in her head that begun to chatter and argue and sneer...]]>
332 Stephen King 0831727527 Marika 2 3.58 1992 Gerald's Game
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Rose Madder 10619
Rosie Daniels leaves her husband, Norman, after fourteen years in an abusive marriage. She is determined to lose herself in a place where he won’t find her. She’ll worry about all the rest later.

Alone in a strange city, she begins to make a new life, and good things finally start to happen. Meeting Bill is one; and getting an apartment is another. Still, it’s hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder, and with good reason. Norman is a cop, with the instincts of a predator. He’s very good at finding people, even if he is losing his mind.

Fixed on revenge, Norman Daniels becomes a force of relentless terror and savageness, a man almost mythic in his monstrosity. For Rosie to survive, she must enter her own myth and become a woman she never knew she could be: Rose Madder.

“Riveting, engrossing...packed with suspense� (People), Stephen King infuses this novel with an edge-of-your-seat, chilling atmosphere. Rose Madder is “an eerie, remarkably mature and moving novel� (The Washington Post).]]>
595 Stephen King Marika 2 3.75 1995 Rose Madder
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American Psycho 28676 American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.]]> 399 Bret Easton Ellis 0679735771 Marika 4 3.82 1991 American Psycho
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It 18342
The adults, knowing better, knew nothing. Time passed and the children grew up, moved away. The horror of It was deep-buried, wrapped in forgetfulness. Until the grown-up children were called back, once more to confront It as It stirred and coiled in the sullen depths of their memories, reaching up again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.]]>
1090 Stephen King 0451169514 Marika 4 4.11 1986 It
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Desperation 10584
There's a place along Interstate 50 that some call the loneliest place on Earth. It's known as Desperation, Nevada.
It's not a very nice place to live. It's an even worse place to die.
Let the battle against evil begin.
Welcome to ... Desperation]]>
547 Stephen King Marika 2 3.86 1996 Desperation
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<![CDATA[Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 960
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]>
736 Dan Brown 1416524797 Marika 5 3.95 2000 Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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The Husband 16429
"So, we have your wife. You can get her back for 2 million cash."

Landscape gardener Mitchell Rafferty thinks it must be some kind of a joke. He was busy planting flower beds for one of his clients when his phone rang. Now he’s standing in a normal suburban neighborhood on a bright summer day having a phone conversation out of his darkest nightmare.

Whoever is on the other end of the line is dead serious. "See that guy across the street?" Rifle fire shatters the stillness as the man goes down, shot in the head. "An object lesson."

The caller doesn’t care that Mitch has no way of raising such a vast sum. He’s confident that Mitch will find a way. If he loves his wife enough.

Mitch does love her enough. He’s got sixty hours to prove it. He’ll pay anything. He’ll pay a lot more. than two million dollars.

From the master storyteller comes a story of love, tenacity and courage with the pace of a runaway train, "The Husband" is a thriller that holds the reader in its relentless grip from its tense opening to its shattering climax.]]>
322 Dean Koontz 0553804790 Marika 0 to-read 3.82 2006 The Husband
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<![CDATA[Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass]]> 24213
When Alice sees a white rabbit take a watch out of its waistcoat pocket she decides to follow it, and a sequence of most unusual events is set in motion. This mini book contains the entire topsy-turvy stories of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, accompanied by practical notes and Martina Pelouso's memorable full-colour illustrations.]]>
239 Lewis Carroll Marika 2 4.07 1871 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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average rating: 4.07
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<![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]>
489 Dan Brown Marika 5 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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<![CDATA[Bill Bryson: The Complete Notes]]> 42883 Notes from a Small Island, is a eulogy to the country that produced Marmite, George Formby, by-elections, milky tea, place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowels, Gardeners' Question Time and people who say, 'Mustn't grumble'. Britain will never seem the same again.

Once ensconced back home in New Hampshire, Bryson couldn't resist the invitation to write a weekly dispatch for the Mail on Sunday's Night & Day magazine. Notes from a Big Country is a collection of eighteen months' worth of his popular columns about that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life. Whether discussing the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, or the mind-numbing frequency of commercial breaks on American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on the world's richest and craziest country.

The Complete Notes combines two of Bill Bryson's best-loved travel books in one volume, It demonstrates his unique take on life - from either side of the pond.]]>
679 Bill Bryson 038560131X Marika 0 to-read 4.10 2000 Bill Bryson: The Complete Notes
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Notes from a Small Island 28 "Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it."

After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson - bestselling author of The Mother Tongue and Made in America-decided to return to the United States. ("I had recently read," Bryson writes, "that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me.") But before departing, he set out on a grand farewell tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home.

Veering from the ludicrous to the endearing and back again, Notes from a Small Island is a delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation that has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie's Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey. The result is an uproarious social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain, from the satiric pen of an unapologetic Anglophile.]]>
324 Bill Bryson 0380727501 Marika 0 to-read 3.93 1995 Notes from a Small Island
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<![CDATA[Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, #1)]]> 706011
Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep—a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I.—is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partner’s murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones and captures her heart in the process. In a city fueled by illicit drugs and infinite corruption, prostitution and priceless art, Sonchai’s quest for vengeance takes him into a world much more sinister than he could have ever imagined.]]>
317 John Burdett 1400032903 Marika 0 to-read 3.74 2003 Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, #1)
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Lord of the Flies 7624 182 William Golding 0140283331 Marika 4 3.70 1954 Lord of the Flies
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A Likeness In Stone 1724585
An entire house, long submerged in the dark waters of a reservoir, unearths a starting the corpse of Helena Warner, an Oxford college student who disappeared twenty years earlier. For former homicide detective Bill Driver, it means the reopening of a case that, in his mind, was never really closed. And Driver thinks he knows who did it. But three of Helena's friends-- her cold former lover Ian Gilmore, her jealous best friend Joan Poole, and talented but institutionalized artist Richard Wachmann-- conspire to keep a decades-old, deadly secret from seeing the light of day...all the while, a killer continues to strike again and again.]]>
282 Julia Wallis Martin 0312970773 Marika 0 to-read 3.48 1997 A Likeness In Stone
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Beneath the Skin 724516 448 Nicci French 0446609781 Marika 0 to-read 3.80 2000 Beneath the Skin
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The Sculptress 41325
But as she interviews Olive, in her cell, Roz finds flaws in the Sculptress's confession. Is she really guilty as she insists? Drawn into Olive's world of obsessional lies and love, nothing can stop Roz's pursuit of the chilling, convoluted truth. Not the tidy suburbanites who'd rather forget the murders, not a volatile ex-policeman and her own erotic response to him, not an attack on her life.

Not even the thought of what might happen if the Sculptress went free...]]>
320 Minette Walters 0330330373 Marika 0 to-read 3.94 1993 The Sculptress
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Dark Blood (Logan McRae, #6) 7593288 469 Stuart MacBride 0007244606 Marika 0 to-read 4.11 2010 Dark Blood (Logan McRae, #6)
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Blind Eye (Logan McRae, #5) 5982932 496 Stuart MacBride 0007244576 Marika 0 to-read 4.12 2009 Blind Eye (Logan McRae, #5)
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Flesh House (Logan McRae, #4) 2676229 The 4th thriller in the Number One bestselling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. Panic grips The Granite City as DS Logan McRae heads up a manhunt for ‘The Flesher� � one of the UK’s most notorious serial killers.

The case was closed. Until the killer walked free�

When an offshore container turns up at Aberdeen Harbour full of human meat, it kicks off the largest manhunt in the Granite City’s history.

Twenty years ago ‘The Flesher� was butchering people all over the UK � turning victims into oven-ready joints � until Grampian’s finest put him away. But eleven years later he was out on appeal. Now he’s missing and people are dying again.

When members of the original investigation start to disappear, Detective Sergeant Logan McRae realizes the case might not be as clear cut as everyone thinks�

Twenty years of secrets and lies are being dragged into the light. And the only thing that’s certain is Aberdeen will never be the same again.

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480 Stuart MacBride 0007244541 Marika 5 4.12 2008 Flesh House (Logan McRae, #4)
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Broken Skin (Logan McRae, #3) 1680502
For starters, someone dumped a dying man outside the hospital. McRae’s boss D.I. Roberta Steel and her team can’t get an ID on the man, the person who dropped him off, or the car. McRae's second case is hardly any better. It involves a knife-wielding eight-year-old who is not only still at large but getting all kinds of sympathy in the newspapers. That kind of press does little for the department’s accusations against Robert Macintyre, Aberdeen’s star soccer player and another media darling. WPC Jackie Watson, McRae’s girlfriend, is convinced Robert is a serial rapist, but they can’t even hold him let alone charge him when the whole city thinks he’s being framed. Catching these perps is thankless work, and even if he does, it seems like McRae’s chances of getting off Steel’s team are as bad as Aberdeen’s without their leading goal scorer.

With his third masterful installment in a series that combines fast-paced suspense with a dark, distinctly Scottish sense of humor, Stuart MacBride has firmly established himself as a major crime-writing talent.]]>
594 Stuart MacBride 0007193173 Marika 0 to-read 4.16 2007 Broken Skin (Logan McRae, #3)
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Dying Light (Logan McRae, #2) 358893 519 Stuart MacBride 0007193165 Marika 0 to-read 4.08 2006 Dying Light (Logan McRae, #2)
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average rating: 4.08
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<![CDATA[Cold Granite (Logan McRae, #1)]]> 1182531
It's DS Logan McRae's first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn't get much worse. Four-year-old David Reid's body is discovered in a ditch, strangled, mutilated and a long time dead. And he's only the first. There's a serial killer stalking the Granite City and the local media are baying for blood.

Soon the dead are piling up in the morgue almost as fast as the snow on the streets, and Logan knows time is running out. More children are going missing. More are going to die. And if Logan isn't careful, he could end up joining them!]]>
584 Stuart MacBride 0007193149 Marika 0 to-read 4.03 2005 Cold Granite (Logan McRae, #1)
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<![CDATA[Shatter The Bones (Logan McRae, #7)]]> 8901992 A bestseller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. The seventh DS Logan McRae thriller is a gripping page-turner in which fame and fortune crash head-on with crime and punishment.

No suspects. No clues. No rest for the wicked.

'You will raise money for the safe return of Alison and Jenny McGregor. If you raise enough money within fourteen days they will be released. If not, Jenny will be killed.'

Aberdeen's own mother-daughter singing sensation are through to the semi-finals of TV smash-hit Britain's Next Big Star. But their reality-TV dream has turned into a real-life nightmare.

The ransom demand appears in all the papers, on the TV, and the internet, telling the nation to dig deep if they want to keep Alison and Jenny alive.

Time is running out, but DS Logan McRae and his colleagues have nothing to go on: the kidnappers haven't left a single piece of forensic evidence and there are no witnesses.

It looks as if the price of fame just got a lot higher…]]>
438 Stuart MacBride 000734421X Marika 0 to-read 4.19 2011 Shatter The Bones (Logan McRae, #7)
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Out 25365
The ringleader of this cover-up, Masako Katori, emerges as the emotional heart of Out and as one of the shrewdest, most clear-eyed creations in recent fiction. Masako's own search for a way out of the straitjacket of a dead-end life leads her, too, to take drastic action.

The complex yet riveting narrative seamlessly combines a convincing glimpse into the grimy world of Japan's yakuza with a brilliant portrayal of the psychology of a violent crime and the ensuing game of cat-and-mouse between seasoned detectives and a group of determined but inexperienced criminals. Kirino has mastered a Thelma and Louise kind of graveyard humor that illuminates her stunning evocation of the pressures and prejudices that drive women to extreme deeds and the friendship that bolsters them in the aftermath.]]>
400 Natsuo Kirino 1400078377 Marika 5 3.95 1997 Out
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Life and Fate 88432 Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs. As the battle of Stalingrad looms, Grossman's characters must work out their destinies in a world torn apart by ideological tyranny and war.

Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.

Librarian's Note: This is an alternative cover edition of ISBN13: 9780099506164]]>
864 Vasily Grossman Marika 0 to-read 4.42 1960 Life and Fate
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The Warsaw Anagrams 9801114 As Cohen recounts his disturbing and moving story, small but telling inconsistencies appear in his narrative. Heniek begins to believe that Cohen is not the secular Jew he claims to be, but may, in fact, be a student of practical Kabbalah-of magic. Why is he lying? And what is the importance of the anagrams he creates for the names of his friends and relatives? Heniek traces his suspicions and comes to an astonishing conclusion-one that has consequences for his own identity and life, and perhaps for the reader's as well.

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323 Richard Zimler 1590200888 Marika 0 to-read 3.93 2009 The Warsaw Anagrams
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Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) 762806 Arkady Renko, o investigador chefe da brigada de homicídios, encarregado do caso, é brilhante, sensível, íntegro e cínico acerca de tudo, excepto no que à sua profissão diz respeito. E enfrenta agora o maior desafio da sua carreira: descobrir a verdade sobre um crime que ninguém parece interessado em desvendar, o que o força a desafiar o KGB, o FBI, a polícia nova-iorquina� e as poucas probabilidades de sair com vida de uma situação que ultrapassa o âmbito criminal.

Obra emblemática da literatura policial produzida durante a Guerra Fria, Parque Gorki é, antes de mais, um retrato fiel das idiossincrasias de uma União Soviética decadente, a braços com uma elite corrupta.
O romance foi adaptado ao cinema, em 1983, por Michael Apted, tendo William Hurt como protagonista.]]>
433 Martin Cruz Smith 0345298349 Marika 0 to-read 4.05 1981 Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
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The Mistress's Revenge 9843958

For five years, Sally and Clive have been lost in a passionate affair. Now he has dumped her to devote himself to his wife and family, and Sally is left in freefall.

It starts with a casual stroll past his house, and popping into the brasserie where his son works. Then Sally starts following Clive’s wife and daughter on Facebook. But that’s alright, isn’t it? These are perfectly normal things to do. Aren’t they?

Not since Fatal Attraction has the fallout from an illicit affair been exposed in such a sharp, darkly funny, and disturbing way: The Mistress’s Revenge is a truly exciting fiction debut. After all, who doesn’t know an otherwise sane woman who has gone a little crazy when her heart was broken?

“A cracking debut... very Fatal Attraction with a clever twist at the end. Addictive stuff.�

The Bookseller

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288 Tamar Cohen 1451632827 Marika 0 3.24 2011 The Mistress's Revenge
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The Analyst 67931
'You have exactly one fortnight, starting tomorrow morning at 6 a.m., to discover who I am. When you succeed you must purchase one of those tiny ads at the bottom of the New York Times front page, and print my name there.

'If you do not succeed, then ... you will take note that the second sheet of this letter contains the names of fifty-two of your relatives. If you are unable to purchase the ad as described, then you will have this choice: kill yourself immediately or I will destroy one of these innocent people.'

Until the moment he opens the letter, New York psychologist Dr Frederick Starks has led a quiet and, so he believes, blameless life. He has no idea why he's being judged by this unknown tormentor a former patient - who then lethally begins to demonstrate the potential of his, or her, threats. As the layers of Starks's carefully constructed life are stripped from him, he quickly finds himself a powerless pawn in a psychopath's devious game of vengeance.]]>
491 John Katzenbach 0552150215 Marika 0 4.17 2002 The Analyst
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The Killer Inside Me 298663
But behind the platitudes and glad-handing lurks a monster the likes of which few have seen. An urge that has already claimed multiple lives, and cost Lou his brother Mike, a self-sacrificing construction worker who fell to his death on the job in what was anything but an accident. A murder that Lou is determined to avenge--and if innocent people have to die in the process, well, that's perfectly all right with him.

In The Killer Inside Me, Thompson goes where few novelists have dared to go, giving us a pitch-black glimpse into the mind of the American Serial Killer years before Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, and Brett Easton Ellis's American Psycho, in the novel that will forever be known as the master performance of one of the greatest crime novelists of all time.]]>
244 Jim Thompson 0679733973 Marika 0 3.88 1952 The Killer Inside Me
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In the Miso Soup 17810
From postmodern Renaissance man Ryu Murakami, master of the psycho-thriller and director of Tokyo Decadence, comes this shocking, hair-raising roller-coaster ride through the nefarious neon-lit world of Tokyo’s sex industry.]]>
217 Ryū Murakami 014303569X Marika 0 3.62 1997 In the Miso Soup
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<![CDATA[Ripley: The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Underground / Ripley's Game / The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Ripley, #1-4)]]> 2049693 912 Patricia Highsmith 014017236X Marika 0 to-read 4.07 Ripley: The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Underground / Ripley's Game / The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Ripley, #1-4)
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스노우맨 15920830
이야기는 � 눈이 내리� 오슬로의 풍경으로 시작된다. 그날 저�, 퇴근� 엄마� 정원� � 커다란 눈사람을 칭찬해준�. 하지� 아이� 이렇� 대답한�. "우린 눈사� � 만들었어�. 그런� 눈사람이 � 우리 집을 보고 있어�?"

눈사람은 대� 집을 등지� 길을 바라보게 만드� 것이 보통이다. 하지� � 안을 들여다보기라� 하듯 창밖� � � 가족을 향해 집요� 시선� 던지� 눈사람의 존재� 아이� 두려움� 느끼�, 그날 � 엄마� 사라진다. 아이가 엄마에게 선물� 소중� 목도리는 눈사람의 차가� 목에 둘러� � 얼어붙고 있었�.

수사� 투입� 형사 해리� 지� 11� 동안� 데이터를 모아 실종� 여자들의 존재� 확인한다. 그때, 정체불명� '스노우맨'� 보낸 편지가 그에� 도착한다. "눈사람이 사라� � 그는 누군가� 데려� 것이다� 누가 눈사람을 만들었을�?" 깊고 � 겨울� 시작� 알리� 내리� 첫눈, 사라져버리는 여자�, 사건현장� 바라보듯 세워�, 어딘지 모르� 섬뜩� 눈사�. 해리� 이들 사이� 연결고리� 찾아 스칸디나비아� 냉혹� 겨울 속으� 뛰어든다.]]>
624 Jo Nesbø 899434358X Marika 5 4.25 2007 스노우맨
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The Thief 12296546
The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly sometimes he doesn’t even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him, nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections.... But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life, and offers him a job he can’t refuse. It’s an easy job: tie up an old rich man, steal the contents of the safe. No one gets hurt. Only the day after the job does he learn that the old man was a prominent politician, and that he was brutally killed after the robbery. And now the Thief is caught in a tangle even he might not be able to escape.]]>
211 Fuminori Nakamura 1616950218 Marika 0 to-read 3.50 2009 The Thief
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<![CDATA[The Straw Men (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #12)]]> 15823985 224 Paul Doherty 1780290373 Marika 0 to-read 4.00 2013 The Straw Men (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #12)
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<![CDATA[The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)]]> 8686068
When Detective Kusanagi of the Tokyo Police tries to piece together the events of that day, he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated. Nothing quite makes sense, and it will take a genius to understand the genius behind this particular crime...]]>
298 Keigo Higashino 0312375069 Marika 5 4.16 2005 The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
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<![CDATA[Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1)]]> 935308
Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has piqued his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.
--back cover]]>
280 Henning Mankell 1400031575 Marika 3 3.79 1991 Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1)
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average rating: 3.79
book published: 1991
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The Trinity Six 9414851
London, 1992. Late one night, Edward Crane, 76, is declared dead at a London hospital. An obituary describes him only as a 'resourceful career diplomat'. But Crane was much more than that � and the circumstances surrounding his death are far from what they seem.

Fifteen years later, academic Sam Gaddis needs money. When a journalist friend asks for his help researching a possible sixth member of the notorious Trinity spy ring, Gaddis knows that she's onto a story that could turn his fortunes around. But within hours the journalist is dead, apparently from a heart attack.

Taking over her investigation, Gaddis trails a man who claims to know the truth about Edward Crane. Europe still echoes with decades of deadly disinformation on both sides of the Iron Curtain. And as Gaddis follows a series of leads across the continent, he approaches a shocking revelation � one which will rock the foundations of politics from London to Moscow…]]>
354 Charles Cumming 0312675291 Marika 3 3.78 2011 The Trinity Six
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<![CDATA[The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)]]> 465226 The Redbreast is a fabulous introduction to Nesbø’s tough-as-nails series protagonist, Oslo police detective Harry Hole. A brilliant and epic novel, breathtaking in its scope and design—winner of The Glass Key for best Nordic crime novel and selected as the best Norwegian crime novel ever written by members of Norway’s book clubs�The Redbreast is a chilling tale of murder and betrayal that ranges from the battlefields of World War Two to the streets of modern-day Oslo. Follow Hole as he races to stop a killer and disarm a ticking time-bomb from his nation’s shadowy past. Vogue magazine says that “nobody can delve into the dark, twisted mind of a murderer better than a Scandinavian thriller writer”…and nobody does it better than Jo Nesbø! James Patterson fans should also take note.
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519 Jo Nesbø 184343217X Marika 4 3.94 2000 The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
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Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4) 3522419
A man is caught on CCTV, shooting dead a cashier at a bank. Detective Harry Hole begins his investigation, but after dinner with an old flame wakes up with no memory of the past 12 hours. Then the girl is found dead in mysterious circumstances and he begins to receive threatening emails: is someone trying to frame him for her death?

As Harry fights to clear his name, the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery...]]>
480 Jo Nesbø 0061655503 Marika 4 3.98 2002 Nemesis (Harry Hole, #4)
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For One More Day 10929
Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.

For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?

As a child, Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father, "You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both." So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence.
Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life.
He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother, who died eight years earlier, is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened..

What follows is the one "ordinary" day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together.

Through Albom's inspiring characters and masterful storytelling, readers will newly appreciate those whom they love and may have thought they'd lost in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom's millions of fans worldwide.]]>
208 Mitch Albom 1401303277 Marika 3 4.12 2006 For One More Day
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<![CDATA[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (George Smiley #5)]]> 7081540 Alternate cover edition can be found here.

A modern masterpiece in which le Carre expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart.

It is now beyond doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed.]]>
422 John Le Carré 0340993766 Marika 5 4.03 1974 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (George Smiley #5)
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average rating: 4.03
book published: 1974
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<![CDATA[The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)]]> 156024 The Ambassadors, The Talented Mr. Ripley—is up to his tricks in a 90s film and also Rene Clement's 60s film, "Purple Noon."]]> 249 Patricia Highsmith Marika 4 3.91 1955 The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
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book published: 1955
rating: 4
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All Families are Psychotic 3379
The Drummond family, reunited for the first time in years, has gathered near Cape Canaveral to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. Against the Technicolor unreality of Florida's finest tourist attractions, the Drummonds stumble into every illicit activity under the tropical sun-kidnapping, blackmail, gunplay, and black market negotiations, to name a few. But even as the Drummonds' lives spin out of control, Coupland reminds us of their humanity at every turn, hammering out a hilarious masterpiece with the keen eye of a cultural critic and the heart and soul of a gifted storyteller. He tells not only the characters' stories but also the story of our times--thalidomide, AIDS, born-again Christianity, drugs, divorce, the Internet-all bound together with the familiar glue of family love and madness.
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288 Douglas Coupland 1582342156 Marika 0 to-read 3.73 2001 All Families are Psychotic
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<![CDATA[Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3)]]> 18999 397 John Le Carré 0743455800 Marika 0 to-read 4.26 1979 Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3)
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<![CDATA[The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)]]> 18990 In this classic masterwork, le Carré expands upon his extraordinary vision of a secret world as George Smiley goes on the attack.

In the wake of a demoralizing infiltration by a Soviet double agent, Smiley has been made ringmaster of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service). Determined to restore the organization's health and reputation, and bent on revenge, Smiley thrusts his own handpicked operative into action. Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," is dispatched to the Far East. A burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, the region is a fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiances?and a new showdown is about to begin.

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589 John Le Carré 0743457919 Marika 0 to-read 3.98 1977 The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
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<![CDATA[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)]]> 6892870
Lisbeth Salander - the heart of Larsson's two previous novels - lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She's fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.

Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.

~from the jacket]]>
566 Stieg Larsson 030726999X Marika 5 4.23 2007 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
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<![CDATA[The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2)]]> 5060378 Millenium publisher Mikael Blomkvist has made his reputation exposing corrupt establishment figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with an investigation into sex trafficking, Blomkvist cannot resist waging war on the powerful figures who control this lucrative industry.

The Murder
When a young couple is found dead in their Stockholm apartment, it's a straightforward job for Inspector Bublanski and his team. The killer left the weapon at the scene - and the fingerprints on the gun point in only one direction.

The Girl Who Played with Fire
Ex-security analyst Lisbeth Salander is wanted for murder. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. The only way Salander can be reached is by computer. But she can break into almost any network she chooses...]]>
503 Stieg Larsson 0307269981 Marika 5 4.25 2006 The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2)
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The Reader 101299
When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover—then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.]]>
216 Bernhard Schlink 0375408266 Marika 3 3.78 1995 The Reader
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