Gaurav Maheshwari
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Bunch of books I read in past year.

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  • Bias in Natural Language Processing @EMNLP 2020 by Arthur C. Clarke. A hard sci-fi story about humans finding a space craft and the preparation about the first encounter with alien intelligence.

  • by Scott Lynch. Swearing has never been better. It is a delightful read, and the plot, as well as the characters, are well flushed. However, I felt that the universe, which sounds super exciting, was never really explored in depth.

  • by Amor Towles. Absolutely loved the writing. It was a fun read, set in 1939 NYC. But I felt that after the first few pages the setting of 1939 was not really important. However, I rate it lower when compared to .

  • and (The Stormlight Archive part 1 and 2) by Brandon Sanderson. The universe and magic are well fleshed out. The fight scenes play like a movie and has a large number of characters keeps the book interesting. However, by the third book, which I am currently reading, the plots start to feel repetitive. The conflicts in the character and the story arch feel too familiar.

  • by Ursula K. Le Guin. A well thought out a deep political theory and commentary on society transformed into a dense sci-fi novel. This book would make you think about your surroundings and would force you to examine your own beliefs.

  • by Greg Egan. A collection of sci-fi short stories many of which will put Black Mirror to shame.

  • by Emily Brontë. It will be my first classic. Till now, I am finding it an effort to read, but a rewarding one.

  • by James S.A. Corey. A space opera extravaganza. A hard sci-fi books with well fleshed out characters and story line.

  • by Robert Jordan. I really wanted to like this series, but this got a bit too boring after 3-4 books. To its credit, it starts out really interesting. However, I left the series somewhere around book 6. I hope I will get back to it someday.

  • by Michael Connelly. A forgettable experience. Nothing that we have not seen in the genre. However, to be fair, it is quite an old novel.

  • by Donna Tartt.

  • by Matt Dinniman. This was my first book in the LitRPG genre. I think the first couple of books are enjoyable. However, they quickly become a bit repetative.

  • by Monisha Rajesh. It starts as a bit boring. However, once I got used to the writing, it was fun.

  • (Book 1 and 2) by Dennis E. Taylor.

  • by Liane Moriarty

  • by M.L. Rio

  • by Catherine Ryan Howard

  • (Book 1 to 3) by Cixin Liu

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33516773-big-little-lies
Rendezvous with Rama
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Rules of Civility
A Gentleman in Moscow
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
The Dispossessed
Axiomatic
Wuthering Heights
Expanse (Book 1 to 9)
Wheel of Time (Book 1 to 5)
The Black Echo
The Secret History
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book 1 to 5)
Around the World in 80 Trains
Bobiverse Series
Big Little Lies
If we were Villains
The Nothing Man
Remembrance of Earth's Past