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Twice by Mitch Albom (2025): Summary, Quotes, and Life Lessons

Twice by Mitch Albom

Twice by Mitch Albom is the kind of modern love story that asks a dangerous question—what if you could redo any moment once?—and then follows the human heart to its … Read more

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Master and Margarita Summary: A Gripping Guide to the Complex Plot and Characters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

What do you do when truth is forbidden, when art is censored, and the Devil walks freely in Moscow? The Master and Margarita solves the problem of ideological suffocation by … Read more

Chillingly Elegant: The Mastery of the Uncanny in Good and Evil and Other Stories (2025)

Good and Evil and Other Stories

Samanta Schweblin’s collection, Good and Evil and Other Stories, confronts the chilling reality that the greatest monsters don’t live in fantasy realms, but within the unsettling ambiguities of everyday human … Read more

Why A Dance with Dragons is the Darkest Game of Thrones Book Yet: 30 Quotes

A Dance with Dragons book review

A Dance With Dragons is the fifth volume of George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy saga, A Song of Ice and Fire. It was first published in July 2011 by … Read more

A Song of Ice and Fire Review – George R.R. Martin’s Epic That Redefined Fantasy

A Song of Ice and Fire Review

George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is a masterfully crafted epic fantasy series known for its intricate plot, morally complex characters, and richly detailed world-building. Set in … Read more

Shame by Salman Rushdie: The Unexpected Power of Postcolonial Struggles

Shame by Salman Rushdie review 2025

Shame, a novel by Salman Rushdie, was first published in 1983. The novel is a crucial part of Rushdie’s literary portfolio, following the success of Midnight’s Children and preceding his … Read more

Midnight’s Children and the Political Chaos of Post-Independence India: A Must-Read for History Buffs

Midnight's children by Salman Rushdie review 2025

Midnight’s Children is a highly acclaimed novel by the Indian-British author Salman Rushdie, first published in 1981 by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom and by Alfred A. Knopf in … Read more

Before We Forget Kindness Review: The Uplifting Yet Painful Lessons on Love & Memory

Before We Forget Kindness Review

Before We Forget Kindness is the latest addition to the beloved Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Japanese author Toshikazu Kawaguchi, first published in English by Hanover Square Press … Read more

Before We Say Goodbye Review: Why This Time-Travel Novel Will Shatter Your Heart

Before We Say Goodbye Review

Before We Say Goodbye is the latest instalment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally celebrated time-travel café series, translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot. Published originally in Japanese and later brought … Read more

Why Before Your Memory Fades is the Most Devastating Book in the Series

Before Your Memory Fades review

Before Your Memory Fades (Japanese title: Yoi Ko Hi wa Saki ni Natte) is the third installment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally beloved Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. First published … Read more

Why Tales from the Cafe is the Most Painfully Beautiful Book You’ll Read This Year

Tales from the Cafe review

Tales from the Cafe is the second instalment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally acclaimed time-travel series, following the bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Originally published in Japanese as 続・コーヒーが冷めないうちに, it … Read more

Before the Coffee Gets Cold – The Japanese Novel That Fixes Life’s Biggest Regrets

Before the Coffee Gets Cold review

Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, first published in Japanese in 2015 and translated into English by Geoffrey Trousselot in 2019. Originally adapted from Kawaguchi’s … Read more

Solenoid (2015) Explained: Inside the Romanian Masterpiece That Bends Reality

Solenoid (2022) Explained

Solenoid is a 2015 literary novel by Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu, translated into English by Sean Cotter and published by Deep Vellum in 2022. It stands as one of the … Read more

Unmasking the Hidden Symbols in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle That Even Experts Missed

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is one of Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious and intricately woven novels, first published in Japan in three volumes between 1994 and 1995, later combined and translated … Read more

The Mystery and Magic of 1Q84 — Why It’s Worth Every Page

1Q84 review 2025

When Haruki Murakami published 1Q84 in three volumes between 2009 and 2010 in Japan, it quickly became a literary sensation. The English translation, released in 2011 by Alfred A. Knopf … Read more

Why Kafka on the Shore Is Murakami’s Most Brilliant and Confusing Work

Kafka on the Shore Is Murakami’s Most Brilliant and Confusing Work?

Kafka on the Shore is a mesmerizing novel by the celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami, first published in Japan in 2002 by Shinchosha and later translated into English by Philip … Read more

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