Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz (1956). This book is about a family in Cairo, Egypt in the early 20 century during WW1. This book captures the culture of an ultraconservative family, and at the same time provides us with a good understanding of the thoughts, feelings and the sorrows of each member of the family. […]
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford (2005). Genghis Khan conquered more land than any other man in history. An area about the size of the African continent. He and his generals controlled western Asia as far north as today’s Korea and as far south as today’s Vietnam. On the
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The Martian by Andy Weir. This book is fantastic. Is the best fiction I’ve read in many years. Although it is clearly not a masterpiece of literature, the ideas, contents and emotions coming out from the author’s mind are pure genius. Reading this book kept me awake, daydreaming for hours. I would recommend to anyone
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Total recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger (2013). I enjoyed this book a lot. I regard Arnold as probably one of the most outstanding examples of the American Dream. He came to America to pursue success, and he got everything he wanted. He won the title of the best bodybuilder in the world, and he did it
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Napoleon’s Buttons by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson (2004). This book explores the role of chemistry in history. It is a brilliantly written narrative of how several chemical inventions changed the course of history and how the people behind these inventions, sometimes inadvertently, contributed to drive entire nations towards making and sustaining wars and
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Stranger than fiction by Chuck Palahniuk (2005). I read just a couple of chapters of this book, not because the rest of the book is not good, but because this book is not really a novel. This book is a collection of independent experiences. It seems like his book was written in-between majors works. “Reading is
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Lost Continent by Bill Bryson (1989). This is the second book I read of this author and it is about two trips across the US. The first trip covers the middle-west, the south, the Atlantic and New England. The second trip covers the midwest and the west. The author visited 38 states and he kept
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson. A couple of days ago I finished “At home”. At first I was not so willing to commit myself to an almost 600 pages book, but I like Bryson, so I said, ‘ok, let’s give it a try’. This book is about the history
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Yesterday I finished this book. It is probably the sickest story I’ve read in years, but I enjoyed every minute with Lisbeth. While reading this book deliberately I had steered clear of any kind of online reviews, because I wanted to truly enjoy the plot; and
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest by Stieg Larsson (2007). Last night I suddenly decided to close this book with the purpose of luring my mind into finishing it on the next day. Then on this Sunday morning I jumped out of bed as struck by lightning and rushed to read the last chapter
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