18 books like The Orphan Master's Son

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The Alhambra Washington Irving · 1800 · ★ 3.6 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Verhalen over het gebouwencomplex in Granada, dat eigendom was van de laatste islamitische vorsten in Spanje. Shares: Inglés, History

Voyager Diana Gabaldon · 1994 · ★ 4.4 · 1059p · ≈ 35h · Challenging From the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, the extraordinary saga continues.Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing… Shares: Literatura norteamericana, Romance & Relationships, History

A rising Thunder David Weber · 2012 · ★ 4.4 · 557p · ≈ 18h · Moderate After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington has rooted out a plan designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plans lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment. Task number one for Honor is to shut down and secure the wormhole network that is the source of the Star Kingdom's wealth and power--but also its greatest vulnerability. Yet this is… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch

Star road Matthew J. Costello · 2014 · ★ 2.0 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Ivan Delgato, a former leader of a rebel group called the Runners, is released from jail on the condition that he carry out a secret mission for the World Council. His assignment is simple: stay under cover, but do absolutely anything necessary to reach the planet Omega IX and offer the renegade Runners clemency if they surrender-- which may be complicated since Ivan's brutally violent brother… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch

Wolf among the stars Steve White · 2011 · ★ 3.6 "A near-future Earth has shaken off the devastating colonization by alien Lokaran invaders and totalitarian rule by the alien's human puppets. But now Earth is flung into galactic intrigue and war. The Lokaran empire teeters on the edge of a meltdown and a cabal of ancient enemies hope to use Earth as a proxy to destroy the empire and rule over a new Galactic dark age. Captain Andrew Roark, the… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch

Whiskey Beach Nora Roberts · 2013 · ★ 4.1 · 498p · ≈ 16h · Moderate For more than three hundred years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore—and its secrets. But to Eli Landon, it’s home… A Boston lawyer, Eli has weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police investigations after being accused of—but never arrested for—the murder of his soon-to-be-ex wife. He finds sanctuary at Bluff House, even though his beloved grandmother is… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Thriller

The kinship of secrets Eugenia Kim · 2018 · ★ 3.6 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "From the author of The Calligrapher's Daughter comes the riveting story of two sisters, one raised in the United States, the other in South Korea, and the family that bound them together even as the Korean War kept them apart"-- Shares: Korea, History

Fear nothing Lisa Gardner · 2014 · ★ 4.2 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "In #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner's latest pulse-pounding thriller, Detective D.D. Warren must face a new fear as a serial killer terrorizes Boston. My name is Dr. Adeline Glen. Due to a genetic condition, I can't feel pain. I never have. I never will. The last thing Boston Detective D.D. Warren remembers is walking the crime scene after dark. Then, a creaking floorboard, a low voice… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Thriller

Frost Burned Patricia Briggs · 2013 · ★ 4.4 · 331p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Mercy’s life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Alpha werewolf Adam Hauptman has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy’s life. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more... After a traffic accident in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Mercy and Jesse… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch

The Gods of Guilt Michael Connelly · 2013 · ★ 4.5 · 387p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game.… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Crime, Thriller

The Angel of Terror Edgar Wallace · 1923 · ★ 3.6 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Angel of Terror aka The Destroying Angel Jack Glover of Rennet, Glover and Simpson does not believe his cousin Meredith killed Bulford. Meredith's father was an eccentric and unless Meredith is married by the age of thirty his sister inherits everything. She is dead and Meredith, now in prison, is thirty next Monday. Meanwhile Lydia Beale is struggling to pay her dead father's creditors. When… Shares: Crime, Thriller

Dark Wolf Christine Feehan · 2014 · ★ 4.4 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The erotic, gripping series continues. Skyler Daratrazanoff always recognized the miracle that was Dimitri Tirunul, a man beyond any dream that had ever engaged her nights. But she was human. Vulnerable. He was Carpathian. Nearly immortal. She held half his soul, the light to his darkness; without her, he would not survive. Now, marked for extermination by the Lycans, Dimitri found himself alone,… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Romance & Relationships

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance Lois McMaster Bujold · 2012 · ★ 4.2 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "Book Fourteen in the best-selling Vorkosigan series. Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor's life of a staff officer to a Barrayaran admiral. Ivan, cousin to Imperial troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan, is not far down the hereditary list for the emperorship. Thankfully, new heirs have directed that headache elsewhere, leaving Ivan to enjoy his life on Komarr,… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch

The Quest Nelson DeMille · 1975 · ★ 3.6 · 458p · ≈ 15h · Moderate After receiving a tip from a dying priest, four unlikely partners begin a quest to find the Holy Grail in the jungles of Ethiopia. Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Thriller, History

The Mayan Secrets Clive Cussler & Thomas Perry · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico, when they come upon a remarkable discovery: the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot, and within the pot, a Mayan book, larger than anyone has ever seen. The book contains astonishing information about the Mayans, about their cities, and about mankind itself. The secrets are so powerful that some people would do anything to… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch

The Interestings Meg Wolitzer · 2013 · ★ 3.6 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty. Their friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their… Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch

NOS4A2 Joe Hill · 2013 · ★ 4.5 · 702p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Shares: Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Thriller

Lipstick Jungle Candace Bushnell · 1753 · ★ 3.4 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Demanding In her fourth book, LIPSTICK JUNGLE, best-selling author Candace Bushnell re-creates a real-life world as compelling and fascinating as Sex and the City. In LIPSTICK JUNGLE, high fashion meets the powerful women who actually wear it.Victory Ford -- single, beautiful, creative and unconventional -- has worked for years to create her own independent fashion house. But when her company goes into a… Shares: Power, Romance & Relationships

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