4.08 avg rating — 877,740 ratings

"If you lose everything, you still just might gain heaven. I invent this word for how it will affect you: Transformational"

4.03 avg rating — 44,175 ratings

"Grab any of Isabel Allende's novels. This one is historical fiction set between Chile and San Francisco. I loved this novel. Women would love it: strong female characters. Men might like her novel Zorro, which invents a youth for the fabled hero."

4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings

"A simple and powerful story written by a poet. The writing itself is poetry. Read my review: http://danielwetta.com/news-and-opini..."

4.14 avg rating — 25,799 ratings

"Historical fiction of our nation's founding that you will not be able to put down, and you will end up reading the whole series."

3.92 avg rating — 87,197 ratings

"Read one Tom Wolfe novel, at least, and make it this one. You will laugh out loud. It is outrageous and engrossing, and you will be happy with what you have. Read Siddhartha after this one."

3.96 avg rating — 15,959 ratings

"In English, the book is called "The Queen of the South""

4.14 avg rating — 81,983 ratings

"You will forget this is science fiction. This is a gut wrenching novel of rare beauty."

3.93 avg rating — 101,612 ratings

"Better than On the Road. You have to read this, or you miss an important piece of American social history."

3.84 avg rating — 199 ratings

"Did you know that in World War 1 Mexico was being courted to ally with the Germans? This Mexican historian is a gripping storyteller. Everytime I visit history, my view of the world cracks once again.
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3.96 avg rating — 121,890 ratings

"This book inverted my thinking about probability and what really changes things in the world!
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