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Your Love Was All I Had!
by Kaushal Jha
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.28

Often, the person we Love are judged as biggest misfit by our parents. Even after many differences Rahul and Riya fell in Love with each other. Will the differences in their culture, career and social background be accepted by their parent? Will their innocent sweet Love win over fate? Or will their dreams of being together be broken into bits and pieces? Are they destined to live with each other for a happily ever after story? Welcome to ‘Your Love Was All I Had!’, the journey of Rahul and Riya. A story about the journey of an aspiring Doctor in Mumbai, from his life in a small town, to his migration to a Metro for earning a degree in Medicine and the quintessential degree in Love!This book hopes to acquaint you with the real meaning of Love in the age of social networking, where love begins on walls of Facebook profiles and ends on confession pages!
The Retro Man
by Amit  Pandey
Genres: Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.29

“Taciturn, loner and honestly quite a bore...Neel lived with his clichéd views of life belonging to some bygone era when humility was a virtue, courage was unobtrusive, strength was courteous and movie heroes were well dressed gentlemen.”  The habitually reticent Neel is maneuvered into sharing the secrets of his queer yet happy existence with a friend who happens to be an antithesis of Neel’s idyllic views about life. Although the man can’t stand Neel’s idealistic, old-fashioned ways, he must bear with Neel’s hackneyed wisdom for one whole night to fulfill a personal agenda. The story unfolds in an ensuing dialogue that spans faith, destiny and most of all relationships…within a family and with the Almighty. Neel unravels how he eventually found his footing in life after a turbulent childhood and then used a shattering personal failure to turn all the negativity in his life into a mantra for lifelong happiness. Tempted, Neel’s friend can’t wait to use that mantra to find some happiness for himself and soon finds an opportunity to do so; but are the results up to his expectations…?
Jacques the Fatalist
by Denis Diderot
Genres: Classics, Fiction, Philosophy, France, French Literature, Literature, 18th Century
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.81

Jacques the Fatalist is Diderot's answer to the problem of existence. If human beings are determined by their genes and their environment, how can they claim to be free to want or do anything? Where are Jacques and his Master going? Are they simply occupying space, living mechanically until they die, believing erroneously that they are in charge of their Destiny? Diderot intervenes to cheat our expectations of what fiction should be and do, and behaves like a provocative, ironic and unfailingly entertaining master of revels who finally show why Fate is not to be equated with doom. In the introduction to this brilliant new translation, David Coward explains the philosophical basis of Diderot's fascination with Fate and shows why Jacques the Fatalist pioneers techniques of fiction which, two centuries on, novelists still regard as experimental.
Fermat's Enigma
by Simon Singh
Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Mathematics, History, Popular Science, Biography, Historical
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.28

xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations.  What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years.  In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it.  Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.
The Humans
by Matt Haig
Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Humor, Contemporary, Audiobook, Adult
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.08

After an 'incident' one wet Friday night where Professor Andrew Martin is found walking naked through the streets of Cambridge, he is not feeling quite himself. Food sickens him. Clothes confound him. Even his loving wife and teenage son are repulsive to him. He feels lost amongst a crazy alien species and hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton, and he's a dog.Who is he really? And what could make someone change their mind about the human race. . . ?
Doktor Glas
by Hjalmar Söderberg
Genres: Classics, Fiction, Swedish Literature, Sweden, Scandinavian Literature, Literature, Novels
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.73

Stark, brooding, and enormously controversial when first published in 1905, this astonishing novel juxtaposes impressions of fin-de-siècle Stockholm against the psychological landscape of a man besieged by obsession. Lonely and introspective, Doctor Glas has long felt an instinctive hostility toward the odious local minister. So when the minister’s beautiful wife complains of her husband’s oppressive sexual attentions, Doctor Glas finds himself contemplating murder. A masterpiece of enduring power, Doctor Glas confronts a chilling moral quandary with gripping intensity.
Endgame & Act Without Words
by Samuel Beckett
Genres: Plays, Drama, Theatre, Fiction, Classics, Literature, Irish Literature
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.92

Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature n 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. "Endgame, " originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single work. A pinnacle of Beckett's characteristic raw minimalism, it is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death.
Barefoot Gen, Volume Ten: Never Give Up
by Keiji Nakazawa
Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels, Comics, Japan, History, War, Historical
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.33

Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the United States. Starting a few months before that event, his ten-volume saga Barefoot Gen shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. As Volume Ten begins, the year is 1953. Now an apprentice sign painter, Gen has become a skilled artist, while his friends run a thriving dressmaking business. Gen falls in love for the first time, but fails to notice that a good friend has been caught in the clutches of drug addiction. Heartbreak and loss await Gen as the atomic bomb continues to wreak havoc on the lives of people in Hiroshima years after the fact. Yet these tragedies also inspire Gen to make the big move to Tokyo to pursue his career as an artist.
Tales from the Perilous Realm
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Classics, Poetry, Science Fiction Fantasy, Childrens
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.06

J. R. R. Tolkien csodálatos világába kalauzol bennünket e kötet, arra a varázslatos, képzelet szülte vidékre, ahol minden bizonnyal valamennyien feledhetetlen órákat, napokat töltöttünk már el.A nagy mesélő most újabb kalandokra hívja olvasóit négy meséjén keresztül. A sonkádi Egyed gazda – Göncz Árpád ma már klasszikus fordításában – történet egy távoli és csodálatos múltból, amelyben megismerhetjük a bátor Egyed gazdát, aki megfutamít egy óriást, majd a gyáva lovagok megszégyenülése után, az országra törő sárkányt is. A Tom Bombadil kalandjai, A Gyűrűk Urából már ismert gazda verses meséje, először jelenik meg magyarul, Tótfalusi István értő tolmácsolásában. A könyvben található két további történet, A levél és A woottoni kovácsmester ugyancsak ékes bizonyítékai a világhírű író eleven előadásmódjának, finom humorának és kimeríthetetlen fantáziájának.
Reform or Revolution
by Rosa Luxemburg
Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Theory, History, Economics, Classics
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.19

Why capitalism cannot overcome its internal contradictions and the working class cannot "reform" away exploitation and economic crises.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
by Rebecca West
Genres: History, Travel, Nonfiction, Classics, Politics, Memoir, European History
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.21

Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West's classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern. A magnificent blend of travel journal, cultural commentary, and historical insight, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon probes the troubled history of the Balkans, and the uneasy relationships amongst its ethnic groups. The landscape and the people of Yugoslavia are brilliantly observed as West untangles the tensions that rule the country's history as well as its daily life.
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
by Apostolos Doxiadis
Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Science, History, Biography
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.05

An innovative, dramatic graphic novel about the treacherous pursuit of the foundations of mathematics.  This graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, he crosses paths with thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert & Kurt Gödel, & finds a passionate student in Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his most ambitious goal—to establish unshakable logical foundations of mathematics—continues to loom before him. Thru love & hate, peace & war, he persists in the mission threatening to claim both his career & happiness, finally driving him to the brink of insanity. This story is at the same time a historical novel & an accessible explication of some of the biggest ideas of mathematics & modern philosophy. With rich characterizations & atmospheric artwork, it spins the pursuit of such ideas into a satisfying tale. Probing, layered, the book throws light on Russell’s inner struggles while setting them in the context of the timeless questions he tried to answer. At its heart, Logicomix is a story about the conflict between ideal rationality & the flawed fabric of reality.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard H. Thaler
Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Economics, Business, Self Help, Science, Politics
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.84

Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. The reason, the authors explain, is that, being human, we all are susceptible to various biases that can lead us to blunder. Our mistakes make us poorer and less healthy; we often make bad decisions involving education, personal finance, health care, mortgages and credit cards, the family, and even the planet itself.Thaler and Sunstein invite us to enter an alternative world, one that takes our humanness as a given. They show that by knowing how people think, we can design choice environments that make it easier for people to choose what is best for themselves, their families, and their society. Using colorful examples from the most important aspects of life, Thaler and Sunstein demonstrate how thoughtful “choice architecture” can be established to nudge us in beneficial directions without restricting freedom of choice. Nudge offers a unique new take—from neither the left nor the right—on many hot-button issues, for individuals and governments alike. This is one of the most engaging and provocative books to come along in many years.
The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)
by Brent Weeks
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magic, Adult, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.23

Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live.When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.
Quake (Quake #1)
by Jacob Chance
Genres: Romance, Erotica, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Suspense, Adult Fiction, Novella
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.14

From the first moment I saw Janny Moore's sparkling eyes and luminous smile, I've been obsessed with the idea of getting to know her... watching.  She's everything I need in my life, now I just have to convince her. She's never set eyes on me, she has no idea I exist... but she will.
Librarian Note: This book is Part 1 of a series and ends with a cliffhanger. The next book is 'Quiver'.
Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5)
by Marissa Meyer
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Retellings, Dystopia, Fiction, Romance
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.96

In this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Levana’s story is finally told.Mirror, mirror on the wall,Who is the fairest of them all? Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told . . . until now.  Marissa Meyer spins yet another unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death. This extraordinary book includes full-color art and an excerpt from Winter, the next book in the Lunar Chronicles series.
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East
by William Dalrymple
Genres: Travel, History, Nonfiction, Religion, Christianity, Travelogue, Memoir
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.29

In 587 a.d., two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist stayed in caves, monasteries, and remote hermitages, collecting the wisdom of the stylites and the desert fathers before their fragile world finally shattered under the great eruption of Islam. More than a thousand years later, using Moschos's writings as his guide, William Dalrymple sets off to retrace their footsteps and composes "an evensong for a dying civilization" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Kolbe
by Andreas Kollender
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Espionage, War, Historical, World War II, Germany
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.97

During one of history’s darkest chapters, one man is determined to make a difference.In the tradition of Schindler’s List comes a thrilling novel based on the heroic true story of Fritz Kolbe, a widowed civil servant in Adolf Hitler’s foreign ministry. Recognizing that millions of lives are at stake, Kolbe uses his position to pass information to the Americans—risking himself and the people he holds most dear—and embarks on a dangerous double life as the Allies’ most important spy.Summoned from his South African post to return to Nazi Germany, Kolbe leaves behind his beloved fourteen-year-old daughter, a decision made for her safety that nonetheless torments him. And as he lives under the constant threat of arrest, he wrestles with the guilt of putting Marlene Wiese, a married nurse and the love of his life, in danger as they collaborate on Kolbe’s clandestine work.But no matter the personal cost, Kolbe will not be deterred. In scenes that pulse with suspense, he emerges as a towering figure who risked everything to save innocent lives—and Germany from itself.
Ichabod Wolfe
by Frank Fiordalisi
Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Adult, Novels, New Adult, Civil War
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.51

Ichabod Wolfe is set in the Civil War era. It is the story of a13 year old orphan who grows up in the second half of the 19th century. It is a story of the old west and the prelude to the technology that the 20th century will bring.
Silent Victim
by Caroline Mitchell
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Crime
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.96

Emma’s darkest secrets are buried in the past. But the truth can’t stay hidden for long.Emma is a loving wife, a devoted mother…and an involuntary killer. For years she’s been hiding the dead body of the teacher who seduced her as a teen.It’s a secret that might have stayed buried if only her life had been less perfect. A promotion for Emma’s husband, Alex, means they can finally move to a bigger home with their young son. But with a buyer lined up for their old house, Emma can’t leave without destroying every last trace of her final revenge…Returning to the shallow grave in the garden, she finds it empty. The body is gone.Panicked, Emma confesses to her husband. But this is only the beginning. Soon, Alex will discover things about her he’ll wish he’d learned sooner. And others he’ll long to forget.
Broken (Will Trent, #4)
by Karin Slaughter
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Fiction, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.17

When Special Agent Will Trent arrives in Grant County, he finds a police department determined to protect its own and far too many unanswered questions about a prisoner's death. He doesn't understand why Officer Lena Adams is hiding secrets from him. He doesn't understand her role in the death of Grant County's popular police chief. He doesn't understand why that man's widow, Dr. Sara Linton, needs him now more than ever to help her crack this case. While the police force investigates the murder of a young woman pulled from a frigid lake, Trent investigates the police force, putting pressure on Adams just when she's already about to crack. Caught between two complicated and determined women, trying to understand Linton's passionate distrust of Adams, the facts surrounding Chief Tolliver's death, and the complexities of this insular town, Trent will unleash a case filled with explosive secrets--and encounter a thin blue line that could be murderous if crossed.
Ice Station (Shane Schofield, #1)
by Matthew Reilly
Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Action, Adventure, Military Fiction, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

Antarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself...A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines-and someone else...First comes a horrific firefight. Then comes a plunge into a drowning pool filled with killer whales. Next comes the hard part, as a handful of survivors begin an electrifying, red-hot, non-stop battle of survival across the continent and against wave after wave of elite military assassins-who've all come for one thing: a secret buried deep beneath the ice...
Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer, #1)
by Maxym M. Martineau
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal, Magic, Adult, Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.96

Note: This is the original Adult (fantasy/romance) version.Fantastic Beasts meets Assassin's Creed in this epic, gripping fantasy romance from debut author Maxym M. Martineau.Exiled beast charmer Leena Edenfrell is in deep trouble. Empty pockets forced her to sell her beloved magical beasts on the black market—an offense punishable by death—and now there's a price on her head. With the realm's most talented murderer-for-hire nipping at her heels, Leena makes him an offer he can't refuse: powerful mythical creatures in exchange for her life.If only it were that simple. Unbeknownst to Leena, the undying ones are bound by magic to complete their contracts, and Noc cannot risk his brotherhood of assassins...not even to save the woman he can no longer live without.
Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew, #1)
by Douglas Preston
Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Adventure, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.66

Gideons Sword by Preston, Douglas, Child, Lincoln. Published by Grand Central Publishing,2011, Hardcover
Revival
by Stephen King
Genres: Horror, Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery, Audiobook, Science Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.80

In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll when he sees Jacobs again. Their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that "revival" has many meanings.
Charlotte's Web and Other Illustrated Classics
by E.B. White
Genres: Classics, Fiction, Childrens, Young Adult, Animals, Middle Grade, Classic Literature
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.46

For more than half a century, E. B. White's novel Charlotte's Web has charmed readers with its account of Charlotte, the resourceful spider, and the love and friendship she brings to her farmyard friends. Charlotte's Web and Other Illustrated Classics collects in a single volume all of E. B. White's classics for young readers, including Stuart Little, the story of an adventurous mouse boy born to human parents, and The Trumpet of the Swan, about Louis, the voiceless swan, who plays the trumpet to express himself. This volume features the classic illustrations of Garth Williams and Fred Marcelino. Charlotte's Web and Other Illustrated Classics is one of Barnes & Noble's leatherbound classic editions. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors, in exquistiely designed bonded-leather bindings with distinctive gilt edging and an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old, and are an indispensible cornerstone for every home library.
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by Katherine Arden
Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Mythology, Fairy Tales
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.10

At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil.After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed—this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales.The Bear and the Nightingale is a magical debut novel from a gifted and gorgeous voice. It spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent.