The World to Come by Dara Horn

4/5

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) by N.K. Jemisin

4/5

The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille

3/5

Artemis by Andy Weir

4/5

The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher, #22) by Lee Child

4/5

The Startup Way: How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and Drives Growth by Eric Ries

4/5

Normally I like to wait a few years before reading business books as the companies held up as shining examples of the one true way will have invariably foundered. No need to wait long in this case as Immelt is already out at GE and while it might be unfair to pin that on the lean startup movement it certainly gives you reason to pause while reading this book. Do I really want to fly on a plane with a Minimum Viable Jet Engine? Having said all that I actually liked the book. It's a recap of lean startup and broadens that thesis to cover strategy and innovation accounting for larger enterprises and (of course) humanity as a whole. Grandiose, but not totally crazy as the core of the movement is to use the scientific method in more places. You don't know, so test and learn.

Authority (Southern Reach, #2) by Jeff VanderMeer

3/5

Origin (Robert Langdon, #5) by Dan Brown

3/5

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Millennium, #5) by David Lagercrantz

3/5

Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) by Jeff VanderMeer

4/5

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

5/5

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson

4/5

Empire Games (Empire Games #1) by Charles Stross

4/5

The Delirium Brief (Laundry Files, #8) by Charles Stross

4/5

The Thirst (Harry Hole #11) by Jo Nesbø

4/5

The Revolution Trade (The Merchant Princes, #5-6) by Charles Stross

4/5

The Traders' War (The Merchant Princes, #3-4) by Charles Stross

4/5

Influx by Daniel Suarez

4/5

The Bloodline Feud (The Merchant Princes, #1-2) by Charles Stross

4/5

Change Agent by Daniel Suarez

5/5

Stonking near future bio thriller.

Palace of Treason (Red Sparrow Trilogy #2) by Jason Matthews

3/5

Red Sparrow (Red Sparrow Trilogy #1) by Jason Matthews

3/5

Reasonable spy thriller, strangely has a recipe at the end of each chapter which cuts through any tension. You end up wondering what snack in each chapter is going to be featured at the end. Ruins the pacing. Doesn't work as a cookbook either as the recipes omit quantities and cooking time and instead just touch on ingredients and rough technique.

UnHappenings by Edward Aubry

4/5

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

4/5