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Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne day, You Huo and his famiIy was puIIed into an exam caIIed the GIobaI University Entrance Examination. Going through exams together with other unfortunate examinees, their Iives are put at stake and they can only Iive by passing each exam... -
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Second Shift: Order by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe incredible second part of Shift, the follow up to bestseller Wool.Donald wasn't supposed to remember. In fact, he was punished for doing just that. But the information he should have forgotten may end up saving his future.Mission Jones is a young man who wants to change the world around him. The rules, the secrets, the lies... -
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Kiera Cass Sampler by Kiera Cass
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings35 girls. 1 crown. The competition of a lifetime... -
![Third Shift: Pact by Hugh Howey]()
Third Shift: Pact by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe third and final chapter of the Shift saga. This is part 8 of the Silo Series, which began with Wool... -
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![Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand by Andri E. Elia]()
Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand by Andri E. Elia
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the planet Yand orbiting Yildun, the second star on the tail of Ursa Minor below the Polaris tertiary, lives a peaceful but fierce species of empathic, winged humanoids. Yanara’s worldmaker power is her planet’s last defense against the K’tul, a savage intergalactic invader... -
![First Shift: Legacy by Hugh Howey]()
First Shift: Legacy by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma... -
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Anarchy Rising by Arthur T. Bradley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnarchy Rising is the 2nd book in Dr. Bradley's Survivalist series. It features eleven full-page illustrations. The 3rd book, Judgment Day, is due out in January of 2014After the worst pandemic in mankind's history, anarchy threatens to break apart the United States. The government is years away from providing even the most basic necessities... -
![The Ugly Swans by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky]()
The Ugly Swans by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSoviet science fiction novel by the Strugatsky brothers... -
![Asfixia by Alex Mírez]()
Asfixia by Alex Mírez
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPlaneta tierra.Población: 1No logramos entender cómo pasó.El primero de septiembre de 2019, sucedió. Todos estábamos bien y de un momento a otro las personas comenzaron a morir asfixiadas. Poco a poco, el mundo se sumió en un pasmoso silencio.Sobreviví a ese misterioso y catastrófico incidente gracias a mi padre. Cuando desperté, me encontré con el horroroso panorama de millones de cadáveres... -
![The Remedy by Suzanne Young]()
The Remedy by Suzanne Young
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsQuinlan McKee is a closer. Since the age of seven, Quinn has held the responsibility of providing closure to grieving families with a special skill—she can “become” anyone.Quinn is hired by families to take on the short-term role of a deceased loved one between the ages of fifteen and twenty... -
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The Man from Earth by Jerome Bixby, Richard Schenkman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRichard Schenkman / 6m, 3f / Drama / Unit Set After history professor John Oldman unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation... -
![Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene by Veronica Roth]()
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 43 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth retells a pivotal Divergent scene (chapter 13) from Tobias's point of view. This thirteen-page scene reveals unknown facts and fascinating details about Four's character, his past, his own initiation, and his thoughts about new Dauntless initiate Tris Prior...Categorized as:
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![Promise Me Once by Paige Weaver]()
Promise Me Once by Paige Weaver
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce with him was never enough.I am the girl you dislike. The girl you snub at parties. I am the one who flirts with men and knows no boundaries. I am the one you whisper about. The one who has no rules. I am the one who takes and uses without any regret or excuses.On the outside I am perfect... -
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Stray by Rachael Craw
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvie is a Shield: designed to kill in order to protect, and the Affinity Project have finally come for her. But Evie isn’t ready for the sinister organisation to take control of her life, her body, her mind. She isn’t ready to follow their rules about who may live and who must die – not when it condemns the innocent... -
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![Shield by Rachael Craw]()
Shield by Rachael Craw
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvie is out of options. She must comply with the Affinity Project – obey their rules, play their deadly games, give up Jamie. And her losses keep growing. When she decides to help a small group of Shields trying to affect change, Evie finds herself in the firing line. Counsellor Knox is intent on revealing her secrets and shackling her to the Affinity Project for life... -
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The Initiate by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Initiate provides readers with a glimpse into Tobias's Dauntless initiation experience, including an epic game of late-night Dare; his first tattoo; the beginning of his passion for training new initiates; and his nascent understanding of the danger of being Divergent... -
![Beyond Solitude by Kit Rocha]()
Beyond Solitude by Kit Rocha
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a motorcycle accident leaves Derek Ford riding a desk at the O’Kane compound, the last thing he needs is a sexy new assistant upending his office and his life. But Mia isn’t scared of her domineering boss. The friction between them generates an undeniable heat—but Mia will not be kept, and Ford will do anything to protect what’s his... -
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Choice by Jodi Picoult, Thérèse Plummer
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsListening Length: 38 minutesIn this thought-provoking short, #1 New York Times best-selling and award-winning author Jodi Picoult explores a dystopian crisis through the pinhole lens of an ex-couple experiencing an unwanted pregnancy.Margot and James are broken up—for good this time. James made sure of it when he dropped the bomb on Margot: that he doesn’t want kids, ever... -
![Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass]()
Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe contents of Happily Ever After are as follows:-The Prince (with the two bonus chapters), Maxon’s novella-The Guard, Aspen’s novella-The Queen, Amberly’s novella-The Favorite, Marlee’s novella-Three scenes from Celeste’s POV-Lucy’s scene (bonus scene from The One)-The bonus epilogue-Where are they now?-A map-Various... -
![Slingshot: Building the largest machine in human history by Robert G. Williscroft]()
Slingshot: Building the largest machine in human history by Robert G. Williscroft
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSlingshot is a love story – about a man, a woman, another man, another woman, some gender bending…and a machine, the largest ever built. Slingshot is a mystery – about a missing aviatrix, a conspiracy, a true-believer. Slingshot is an adventure – about following a dream, the ocean-deep, outer space... -
![The Warrior Race by T.C. Edge]()
The Warrior Race by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKira Blackstone’s reputation precedes her. Rebel, warrior, genetically enhanced killer. She’s fought since she was a girl to save the city of Haven. Now, unfortunately, her friends are going to have to fight their war without her. Kidnapped during a fight by a group of mysterious soldiers, garbed in fine silver armour and flowing red robes, Kira finds herself waking in total darkness... -
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Deleted by Ruth Mitchell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree things happen when technophobe Lucy learns to mindhack.1. Her brilliant crush becomes her boyfriend2. Together they solve small crimes.3. She’s deleted from his memory-and everyone else’sNow the only person looking for the college freshman is a mysterious young hacker who erases memories for profit. If he finds her, he will wipe out her memories-or worse... -
![Falling Stars by Kyla Stone]()
Falling Stars by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey survived the Grand Voyager. They believed they were safe. They were wrong. After a violent ambush, the survivors find themselves thrust into a harsh, unrecognizable world. No communications. No shelter. No food. All they have is each other—a ragtag group of elites and misfits. Amelia faces her deadliest test yet. Guilt-ridden Willow must save her brother at any cost... -
![The Complete Short Stories: Volume 1 by J.G. Ballard]()
The Complete Short Stories: Volume 1 by J.G. Ballard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirst in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of ‘Empire of the Sun’, ‘Crash’ and ‘Super-Cannes’. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell.With eighteen novels over four decades – from ‘The Drowned World’ in 1962 to his final novel ‘Kingdom Come’ in 2006 – J.G. Ballard is known as one of Britain’s most celebrated and original novelists... -
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![Ultimul avanpost by Lavinia Călina]()
Ultimul avanpost by Lavinia Călina
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAl treilea Război Mondial a luat sfârşit, iar România anului 2046 este Regat. Logodită cu prinţul Alex şi fiică a Ministrului de Interne, tânăra Diane trăieşte o viaţă luxoasă şi lipsită de griji, ocupată cu discursuri, dileme cu cea mai potrivită garderobă a zilei şi păstrarea aparenţelor cuplului regal... -
![We of the Forsaken World... by Kiran Bhat]()
We of the Forsaken World... by Kiran Bhat
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a distant corner of the globe, a man journeys to the birthplace of his mother, a tourist town destroyed by an industrial spill. In a nameless remote tribe, the chief’s second son is born, creating a scramble for succession as their jungles are being destroyed by loggers... -
![The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach]()
The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSince the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime.This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself... -
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Torture the Artist by Joey Goebel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVincent Spinetti is an archetypal tortured artist ? a sensitive young writer who falls victim to alienation, parental neglect, poverty, depression, alcoholism, illness, nervous breakdowns, and unrequited love... -
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The Son by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsComplete your Divergent library with the Four stories!Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by "Four: The Son," the third of four stories, each between fifty and seventy-five pages long, set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias's perspective.In "The Son," Tobias struggles to find a place in the hierarchy of the Dauntless... -
![The Last Infidels by A.R. Shaw]()
The Last Infidels by A.R. Shaw
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhat the world dreads most, happened. Now that they've begun to thrive, the true reason for humanity’s demise becomes ever more apparent. In her dystopian and post-apocalyptic bestselling novel, The China Pandemic, A. R. Shaw created a realistic world after a much too plausible pandemic event. Now, the remaining survivors must conquer their enemy more sinister than anyone ever guessed...Categorized as:
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![The Traitor by Veronica Roth]()
The Traitor by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe Traitor takes place two years after The Son and runs parallel with the early events in Divergent. In this robust story, readers follow Tobias as he uncovers the details of an Erudite plan that could threaten the faction system, and makes plans of his own to keep Abnegation safe. At the same time, Tobias is getting to know a new transfer initiate: Tris Prior... -
![Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach]()
Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWinner of the 2012 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for best German science fiction novel, Lord of All Things is also a story about love against all odds.They are just children when they meet for the first time: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress’s son. One day, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world... -
![Les Portes d'Occident by Pierre Bordage]()
Les Portes d'Occident by Pierre Bordage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn l'an 2212, le monde est divisé en deux par le REM : une immense barrière électromagnétique. D'un côté, on trouve les pays occidentaux, à l'origine de la séparation et de l'autre, le reste du monde.À l'Est, les croisades successives, religieuses ou idéologiques, contre la science ont fait retomber ces pays dans un quasi Moyen Âge. Confort et nourriture sont des denrées rares... -
![Recoil by Joanne Macgregor]()
Recoil by Joanne Macgregor
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a skilled gamer gets recruited as a sniper in the war against a terrorist-produced pandemic, she discovers there’s more than one enemy and more than one war. The Game is real.Three years after a series of terrorist attacks flooded the US with a lethal plague, society has changed radically... -
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![Constellations by Nick Payne]()
Constellations by Nick Payne
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne relationship. Infinite possibilities. 'Let's go for a drink. I don't know what I'm doing here anyway. One drink. And if you never want to see me again you never have to see me again'. Nick Payne's "Constellations" is a play about free will and friendship; it's about quantum multiverse theory, love and honey... -
![Not Forgetting the Whale by John Ironmonger]()
Not Forgetting the Whale by John Ironmonger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a young man washes up, naked, on the sands of St Piran, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the schoolteacher, to the beachcomber and the owner of the local bar, the priest's wife and the romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst... -
![Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow]()
Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCory Doctorow's Attack Surface is a standalone novel set in the world of New York Times bestsellers Little Brother and Homeland.Most days, Masha Maximow was sure she'd chosen the winning side.In her day job as a counterterrorism wizard for an transnational cybersecurity firm, she made the hacks that allowed repressive regimes to spy on dissidents, and manipulate their every move... -
![Rubicon Beach by Steve Erickson]()
Rubicon Beach by Steve Erickson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA prisoner with a haunted past is released into ravaged Los Angeles, where he pursues an elusive girl to the shores or Rubicon Beach and faces his lost destiny. In his second novel, Steve Erickson creates a decaying world filled with leftover passions and poetic vision that established him as one of the most original and evocative American writers of his generation... -
![Noughts & Crosses (Stage Version) by Dominic Cooke, Malorie Blackman]()
Noughts & Crosses (Stage Version) by Dominic Cooke, Malorie Blackman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAdaptation of much-loved thriller about racism by award-winning children's author Malorie Blackman... -
![The Three by Meghan O'Brien]()
The Three by Meghan O'Brien
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA daring, provocative exploration of love and sexuality…Two lovers, Elin and Kael, struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where disease, lawless marauders, and fanatics threaten their existence. When the two befriend Anna, another survivor, the fabric of their lives and the family they have made shifts in ways that challenge each woman to redefine the boundaries of love and friendship... -
![Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children by Reena Mitra]()
Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children by Reena Mitra
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSalman Rushdies Midnights Children, ever since its publication in 1980, has been considered an ingenious piece of literary art and a trendsetter in the field of Indian fiction in English... -
![The Turing Test by Chris Beckett]()
The Turing Test by Chris Beckett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese 14 stories contain, among other things, robots, alien planets, genetic manipulation and virtual reality, but their centre focuses on individuals rather than technology, and how they deal with love and loneliness, authenticity, reality and what it really means to be human... -
![Fury: Book One of The Cure by Charlotte McConaghy]()
Fury: Book One of The Cure by Charlotte McConaghy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen emotions are erased from the world, creating a civilization of mindless drones, only those with fury can survive. On the same day each year Josephine Luquet wakes naked, shivering and covered in blood that is not her own. Under the cold gaze of the blood moon she is someone else entirely, but when dawn breaks her memories vanish and she is left with only an icy horror, a burning fury... -
![Autumn by V.L. Dreyer]()
Autumn by V.L. Dreyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe virus came from deep in Africa. By the time they had a name for the disease, it had wiped out half the continent. Within a year, it had decimated our world. Now, ten years later, our species is on the verge of extinction. Only a few of us have survived, those lucky enough to be born with a natural immunity to the plague... -
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![The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer: The Damocies Gulf Edition by Matt Ralphs]()
The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer: The Damocies Gulf Edition by Matt Ralphs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis text presents a wealth of information describing tactics, combat, enemies, prayers and much more, all written in tongue-in-cheek, pseudo-propagandist dialogue. This revised edition contains additional sections on fighting in space and combating the alien tau... -
![Tma 2.0 by Ondřej Neff]()
Tma 2.0 by Ondřej Neff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOndrej Neff originally released the first version of this book in 1998; however, he never stopped developing the story and as a result of his improvements (but also his disillusionment with the conditions in the post-communist Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic) he later released a darker version of the story.Tma 2... -
![The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee]()
The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome back to New York, 2119. A skyscraper city, fueled by impossible dreams, where the lives of five teenagers have become intertwined in ways that no one could have imagined.Leda just wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until a new investigation forces her to seek help—from the person she’s spent all year trying to forget.Rylin is back in her old life, reunited with an old flame... -
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Endgame by Malorie Blackman
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is 20 years in 2021 since Malorie Blackman's groundbreaking series began with Noughts & Crosses , which charted the deeply forbidden romance between Sephy (a Cross) and Callum (a nought) - a love affair which had repercussions for their families for generations... -
![FUTU.RE by Dmitry Glukhovsky]()
FUTU.RE by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat would I do for eternal life? Discoveries made within our lifetime will allow people to remain young forever. There is no more death. Our children will never die. Welcome to a world inhabited by people who are perfectly healthy, beautiful and eternally young. Every utopia has its shadowy backstreets... -
![A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar]()
A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD“Wondering if there’s a novel out there that gives Cormac McCarthy’s The Road a run for its money? Here you go. [A Guardian and a Thief is] an indelible piece of writing, in equal parts dazzling and devastating...Categorized as:
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