1984 George Orwell, Thomas Pynchon (Foreword) A masterwork of insurrection and confinement, where Big Brother is watching and conflict is peace and freedom is enslavement Mind Police Orwellian Big Brother These terms are already part of our lexicon because to George Orwell’s iconic dystopian novel 1984. A man’s nightmare journey through a universe of warring nations, a … Read more
The Shining #1 The Shining Stephen King Jack Torrance’s opportunity for a new beginning at the Overlook Hotel is ideal. His job as the off-season caretaker at the evocative old hotel will give him lots of time to write and be with his family. However, as the severe winter weather arrives, the picturesque setting becomes increasingly … Read more
Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1 Shōgun James Clavell Following his shipwreck, Englishman John Blackthorne awakens in Japan, a country that very few Europeans have visited or even heard of. Entering the confined society of seventeenth-century Japan, where the distinction between life and death is extremely thin, Blackthorne is forced to navigate not just a strange people … Read more
The Book Thief Markus Zusak The year is 1939. Germany during Nazi rule. The nation is choking on air. There has never been a busier death and there ever will be. Liesel’s life is altered by picking up a solitary thing that is partially concealed in the snow beside her brother’s grave. She had accidentally … Read more