Category: Book Reviews
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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead is a historical fiction novel published in 2019. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) As the horrors of Nickel Academy’s past emerge, Elwood Curtis, an African-American business owner in New York City, confronts his own traumatic memories from the institution as survivors share their…
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The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein is a science fiction novel published in 1966. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) In 2075, the Moon (Luna) is a penal colony for Earth, housing three million “Loonies” in underground cities. Most inhabitants are discharged criminals, political exiles, and their…
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is a historical fiction novel published in 1998. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) The novel begins as the Price family is preparing to spend a year as missionaries in the African Congo. The father Nathan, mother Orleanna, and the four daughters (Rachel, Leah,…
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is an philosophical adventure fiction novel published in 1988. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) Santiago is a shepherd in the region of Andalusia, Spain, taking pride in his simple life and the connection he feels with his flock of sheep. Raised by his parents…
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Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Foundation by Isaac Asimov is a science fiction novel published in 1951. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) In the year 12,067 G.E., mathematician Hari Seldon developed psychohistory, a science through which one can statistically predict the future behavior of large groups. Through meticulous calculations, Seldon realizes the Galactic Empire…
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A Passage To India by E.M. Forster
A Passage To India by E.M. Forster is a historical fiction novel published in 1924. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) The novel begins with Miss Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore embarking on a journey to Chandrapore, India, to meet their prospective husband and son, city magistrate Ronny Moore. Although…
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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is a fable published in 1943. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) The narrator starts by pondering the perplexing nature of adults and their seeming inability to recognize what truly matters. In a bid to test their wisdom, he presents a drawing of…
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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick is a science fiction novel published in 1968. Purchase the book by clicking this link! GENERAL SUMMARY (NO SPOILERS!) After a nuclear war, Earth is becoming such a wasteland that humans begin emigrating to other worlds, and simply owning a live animal is a status…
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Life Of Pi by Yann Martel
Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a philosophical fiction novel published in 2001. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers) Piscine “Pi” Patel’s childhood was spent in 1960s India, where his father managed a zoo. One of the zoo’s notable inhabitants is a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Pi…
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The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
The Sea-Wolf by Jack London is a psychological adventure novel published in 1904. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) The narrator, Humphrey van Weyden, is a weak-willed, intellectual man that is easily pushed around. He has never done any manual labor and has no dreams of doing so in the…
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Ishmael by Dan Quinn
Ishmael by Dan Quinn is a fictional philosophical novel published in 1992. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) The novel begins in the early 1990s with a nameless protagonist reading a newspaper advertisement. The advertisement says, “Teacher seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in…
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The Day of the Jackal by Fredrick Forsyth
The Day of the Jackal by Fredrick Forsyth is a political thriller novel published in 1971. Purchase the book by clicking this link! General Summary (No Spoilers!) Set in 1963, the book opens with “It is cold at six-forty in the morning on a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man…