smeir rated Schachnovelle: 3 stars
Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig
»Das Unwahrscheinliche hatte sich ereignet, der Weltmeister, der Champion zahlloser Turniere hatte die Fahne gestrichen vor einem Unbekannten, einem Manne, …
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smeir rated The Tin Drum: 3 stars
The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Set against the backcloth of National Socialism, [this novel] is told in the first person by the central figure, Oskar …
smeir rated Die Verwandlung: 2 stars
Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka OG
Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's …
smeir rated Buddenbrooks: 4 stars
Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
This epic, sub-titled ‘The Decline of a Family’, was Mann’s first novel, published in 1901. It traces the gradual downfall …
smeir rated Project Hail Mary: 5 stars
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
smeir rated Der Gesang der Flusskrebse: 4 stars
Der Gesang der Flusskrebse by Delia Owens
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So …
Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #3)
The multiple-award-winning SF master returns to the universe that is his greatest success--the world of Hyperion and The Fall of …
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
Solaris is a 1961 science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. It follows a crew of scientists on a …
smeir rated The Fall of Hyperion: 3 stars
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. …
smeir rated The Rise of Endymion: 5 stars
The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
smeir rated Little Brother: 4 stars
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Seventeen year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong time during a major terrorist …
smeir rated Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit: 4 stars
Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit by Gabriel García Márquez
It´s the best work of García Márquez. A novel that narrates the vicisitudes of Aureliano Buendía in the mythic Macondo, …