After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate Mars while thinking him dead, astronaut Mark Watney finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive. Even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? Once again, Andy Weir astonishes me. I had no idea a top

The nation of Panem is a Capitol surrounded by twelve districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before; and survival, for her, is second nature. But if she is to

Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the prison healer. Outside of the prison, a rebellion is waging, and when the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is tasked with keeping her alive long enough to undergo the Trial by Ordeal. When a coded message from Kiva’s family arrives, containing a single order: “Don’t let her die. We are coming.”, Kiva risks her own life to volunteer in the Reb

This is probably my favorite Agatha Christie book! The peaceful village of King's Abbot is baffled when Roger Ackroyd is murdered a day after widow Ferrars, who he was planning to marry, dies. Hercule Poirot starts investigating and reaches to the most startling conclusion in his long career. When I finished this book I was completely shocked. Although most detective books have surprising endings, this was nothing like it. If anyone solves this mystery and gives logical reaso

This book is set in the future, in a society where books are banned and firemen burn any that are left or hidden by people. Guy Montag is also a fireman and he likes his job until one day, he meets their neighbor, a girl called Clarisse and his thoughts about the society change completely. Fahrenheit 451 is an amazing story which reminds us the importance of books. This terrifying world with no books and no true feelings was thrilling to read about. After finishing this book,

Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but he knows that the town is hiding something from him, something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, Manchee. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange silent creature: a girl. Todd must unlearn everythi