A Stain on the Silence by Andrew Taylor
Stuck in the no-man's land between being plot-driven and character-driven, this isn't Taylor's best work by far.
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Oct 253 min read
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
A slow burn murder mystery brimming with a host of unlikeable characters with reasons to kill.
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Sep 273 min read
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
Breaks your heart, then mends it in the glorious tradition of bitter-sweet stories.
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Aug 303 min read
The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
The discovery of a packet of letters sets Lucy on a trail to unravel the mystery surrounding the life of an unacknowledged female ancestor.
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Jul 193 min read
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
A heart-warming golden romance drizzled with a sauce of social satire.
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Jun 73 min read
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Follows in the footsteps of Eat, Pray, Love without the well-defined goals!
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Apr 263 min read
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Fresh and pacy on the outside, thought-provoking and wise on the inside. This is a coming of age story with a difference.
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Jan 196 min read
Beautiful World, Where are you by Sally Rooney
Lyrical and seasoned with intellectual and philosophical ideas but sorely lacking in genuine conflict.
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Nov 10, 20234 min read
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Read this novel for the narrator. #Goenzo
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Oct 13, 20234 min read
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
If you're looking for an uplifting and easy read, you're in the right place. A bit predictable but engaging, nonetheless.
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Sep 1, 20234 min read
Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng
A moving debut novel about the things we hide to keep the peace in our families while half-hoping that someone will see through the charade.
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Jul 7, 20233 min read
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
A quick read about the unlikely bond between a teenager and an elderly widower, catalyzed by eight books.
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Jun 2, 20233 min read
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
A struggling writer steals the plot of a dead writer's unpublished novel and makes it big. What could possibly go wrong?
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May 19, 20233 min read
A Death in the Himalayas by Udayan Mukherjee
An English activist is murdered in a sleepy hamlet in the hills. And the murderer is not the only one with a secret worth killing for.
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Apr 6, 20233 min read
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
An interesting premise pulled down by a somewhat predictable plot and lack-lustre characterisation.
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Apr 6, 20234 min read
The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker
A writer writing about another writer except that there is murder, mystery and history in the mix.
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Apr 6, 20233 min read
Six Weeks to Live by Catherine McKenzie
Jennifer has cancer but that's not her real killer. She has six weeks to figure out who poisoned her.
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