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The Best Val McDermid Books

Added 2025-12-01 · 6 books
The Distant Echo
by Val McDermid
“I loved The Distant Echo.”
Fever of the Bone
by Val McDermid
“In a book that takes in social networking and teenage angst, it would be easy for the average author to slip up on technicality or tone, but McDermid handles it deftly”
The Mermaids Singing
by Val McDermid
“A tense, beautifully written psychological thriller”

The Best Joseph Conrad Novels

Added 2025-11-30 · 10 books
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
“This is undeniably an invaluable historical document.”
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
“The Secret Agent remains the most brilliant novelistic study of terrorism as viewed from the blood-spattered outside.”
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad
“Lord Jim is a great book.”

13 Best Books for Mechanical Engineers

Added 2025-11-29 · 13 books
People Skills for Engineers
“Most engineers do not receive adequate people skills training in school or on the job.”
Technical Drawing with Engineering Graphics
“Mastering CAD/CAM by Ibrahim Zeid is most popular book for CAD/CAM.”
A Prisoner of Birth
by Jeffrey Archer
“Another long and improbable trial in which it will turn out that Sir Nicholas left you all his money in his will and that the toffs were guilty of Bernie's crime.”
Honour Among Thieves
by Jeffrey Archer
“Ingeniously plotted and as up-to-the-minute as today's headlines”
The Fourth Estate
by Jeffrey Archer
“A splendid read with a great story within a story.”

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Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen On 12 lists
“Up until about page one hundred I found this book vexing, frivolous and down right tedious.”
★ 4.34 / 5 Literary Fiction
The Hobbit

The Hobbit

by JRR Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien, J R R Tolkien On 10 lists
“This may be a failing in real-world terms, but it plays to Tolkien's strengths as a storyteller: mystery, suspense, and action.”
★ 3.61 / 5 Fantasy
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote On 10 lists
“If the moral clash between Herb Clutter and his killers lies at the core of In Cold Blood, a clash of a cultural kind lay behind its writing.”
★ 4.40 / 5 True Crime
The Alchemist

The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho On 9 lists
“This book is brilliantly written.”
★ 4.00 / 5 Magical Realism
Beloved

Beloved

by Toni Morrison On 9 lists
“The characters are complex.”
★ 4.38 / 5 Literary Fiction