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There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

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233There Are Rivers in the SkyElif Shafak·
232IslandAldous Huxley·
231Turn Coat (Dresden Files Series #11)Jim Butcher5/5
230Project Hail MaryAndy Weir4/5
229The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short IntroductionMartyn Rady·
228The Truth About the Harry Quebert AffairJoël Dicker4/5+

Agron’s note

Somewhat cringey. Enjoyed the plot though.

227Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within YouRay Bradbury5/5
226The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)Liu Cixin4/5+

Agron’s note

I give 4 stars only because of the ideas it contains, and not how it was written. I stopped and started multiple times, until I made myself finish it only so that I could get a resolve on the beautiful premise.

225Eyeless in GazaAldous Huxley·
224My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)Elena Ferrante·
223Dune Messiah (Dune #2)Frank Herbert3/5
222The Club DumasArturo Pérez-Reverte3/5+

Agron’s note

A bit disappointed. I had a vague memory and feeling from the movie adaptation long ago, but i didn’t feel the same mystery and mysticism in the book. Maybe the expectation i had ruined it for me, as it ruins many a good thing. Or it was the albanian translation, which too has its fair share of destructions. Or maybe it was the reveal at the end, a bit anticlimactic.

221The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its ImplicationsDavid Deutsch
220The City of MistCarlos Ruiz Zafón·
219El laberinto de los espíritus (El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #4)Carlos Ruiz Zafón·
218Wege zum philosophischen Denken. Einführung in die Grundbegriffe.Józef Maria Bocheński5/5+

Agron’s note

Might be my favorite introductory book to philosophy.

217Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We AreFrans de Waal·
216The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25)Lee Child·
215Misteri i mjellmaveFatos Kongoli1/5+

Agron’s note

Libri me i dobet i Kongolit. Te behet sikur kete dhe sagen e burgjeve te kujteses te mos i kete shkruar i njejti autor.

214Total Chaos (Marseilles Trilogy, #1)Jean-Claude Izzo4/5
213Dune (Dune, #1)Frank Herbert5/5+

Agron’s note

Hooked till the last page.

212Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of SpectacleChris Hedges4/5
211The Body (Penguin Readers, Level 5)Robin Waterfield·
210The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly DepartingBronnie Ware·
209Report to GrecoNikos Kazantzakis5/5+

Agron’s note

Nikoja – po e therras sikur ta kem mik – eshte mistik. Ai eshte poet i anktheve metafizike te shpirtit. Ne fjalet e tij gjithmone me duket se nuhas eren antike te mesdheut.

208The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)Liu Cixin5/5+

Agron’s note

What an amazingly imaginative book.

207The Library of BabelJorge Luis Borges·
206DueliAgron Tufa·
20511/22/63Stephen King4/5
204Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)Agatha Christie4/5
203Einstein’s DreamsAlan Lightman4/5
202Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant TeacherRichard P. Feynman5/5+

Agron’s note

Feynman might be the finest example of how a clear understanding yields simple and precise explanations.

201LyingSam Harris·
200On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)Seneca·
199The Doors of Perception & Heaven and HellAldous Huxley·
198The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde·
197Wittgenstein’s NephewThomas Bernhard2/5+

Agron’s note

Kahere s’kisha lexu liber ma te merzitshem.

196All Quiet on the Western FrontErich Maria Remarque5/5
195Free: A Child and a Country at the End of HistoryLea Ypi4/5
194Harku i TriumfitErich Maria Remarque·
193Father SergiusLeo Tolstoy·
192Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)Agatha Christie·
191El túnelErnesto Sabato4/5
190The Dawn of Everything: A New History of HumanityDavid Graeber5/5
189Harry Potter dhe Guri Filozofal (Harry Potter, #1)J.K. Rowling·
188Njëmbëdhjetë minutaPaulo Coelho·
187Secret DiaryAlexander Pushkin·
186Ëndrra e DamokleutFatos Kongoli·
185Seven Brief Lessons on PhysicsCarlo Rovelli4/5
184Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (Inspector Maigret #58)Georges Simenon·
183Delta of VenusAnaïs Nin·
182Gjimnazistët e sëmurëEnkelejd Lamaj·
181Gruaja e fotografitEnkelejd Lamaj4/5
180The Sense of an EndingJulian Barnes·
179Looking for AlaskaJohn Green3/5
178Novelat e qytetit të veriutMigjeni·
177Chronicle in StoneIsmail Kadare5/5
176After DachauDaniel Quinn3/5
175And Then There Were NoneAgatha Christie4/5+

Agron’s note

Somehow not as satisfying as any of the Poirot cases.

174The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleHaruki Murakami2/5+

Agron’s note

Magjia e Murakamit eshte te dy-tre librat e pare. Me pas behet i njejte, monoton, i merzitshem.

173The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)Agatha Christie·
172The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)Agatha Christie·
171Civilization and Its DiscontentsSigmund Freud·
170The Consolations of PhilosophyAlain de Botton·
169The World Of SexHenry Miller·
168The Savage DetectivesRoberto Bolaño4/5
167Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)Jeff Vandermeer·
166What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveRaymond Carver·
165Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?Raymond Carver·
164An American Tragedy Part OneTheodore Dreiser·
163Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)Dan Brown·
162Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque·
161Bisedë për brilantet në pasditen e dhjetoritIsmail Kadare·
160CandideVoltaire·
159Cat’s CradleKurt Vonnegut Jr.4/5
158Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky·
157Darka e gabuarIsmail Kadare·
156Dasma (Lëkura e daulles)Ismail Kadare·
155Digital FortressDan Brown·
154Ditë kafeneshIsmail Kadare·
153Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevenson·
152DreamsC.G. Jung·
151Emblema e dikurshme : tregime e novelaIsmail Kadare·
150Ëndërr mashtrueseIsmail Kadare·
149Free WillSam Harris·
148Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekurIsmail Kadare5/5
147Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)J.K. Rowling·
146Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)J.K. Rowling·
145Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)J.K. Rowling·
144Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)J.K. Rowling·
143Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)J.K. Rowling·
142How Much Land Does a Man Need?Leo Tolstoy·
141Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)Dan Brown·
140KështjellaIsmail Kadare·
139Kohë e pamjafueshmeHelena Kadare5/5
138Kush e solli DoruntinënIsmail Kadare·
137La provocazioneIsmail Kadare·
136Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding·
135Modern Man in Search of a SoulC.G. Jung5/5
134Nata me hënëIsmail Kadare·
133Notes from UndergroundFyodor Dostoevsky·
132Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)Dan Brown·
131Përballë pasqyrës së një gruaje: tre romane të shkurtërIsmail Kadare·
130Prilli i thyerIsmail Kadare·
129Spiritus: Novela con caos, revelación y vestigiosIsmail Kadare·
128Stranger in a Strange LandRobert A. Heinlein·
127Tension i lartëEdmond Tupja·
126The AlchemistPaulo Coelho·
125The Charterhouse of ParmaStendhal·
124The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)Dan Brown·
123The File on H.Ismail Kadare·
122The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald·
121The Hobbit, or There and Back AgainJ.R.R. Tolkien·
120The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini·
119The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)Dan Brown·
118The LoverHarold Pinter5/5
117The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway5/5
116The PyramidIsmail Kadare·
115Three ComradesErich Maria Remarque5/5
114Twilight of the Eastern GodsIsmail Kadare·
113Ura me tri harqe : triptik me një intermexoIsmail Kadare·
112What Men Live by and Other TalesLeo Tolstoy·
1111984George Orwell·
110A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than NothingLawrence M. Krauss·
109A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)Haruki Murakami4/5
108Animal FarmGeorge Orwell·
107At the Existentialist CaféSarah Bakewell4/5
106BlindnessJosé Saramago·
105Brave New WorldAldous Huxley·
104Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the MindAnnaka Harris·
103Cousine KYasmina Khadra·
102Dance Dance DanceHaruki Murakami4/5
101Death in VeniceThomas Mann·
100Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs JugendHermann Hesse·
099Dimri i vetmisë së madheIsmail Kadare·
098Exile and the Kingdom (Vintage International)Albert Camus·
097Existentialism is a HumanismJean-Paul Sartre·
096Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury·
095Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of KnowledgeTerence McKenna·
094For Whom the Bell TollsErnest Hemingway·
093Friends in High Places (Commissario Brunetti, #9)Donna Leon3/5
092God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons EverythingChristopher Hitchens·
091Hear the Wind Sing (The Rat, #1)Haruki Murakami·
090Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad·
089Henry Miller on WritingHenry Miller5/5+

Agron’s note

There is no one like Miller.

088HijaIsmail Kadare5/5+

Agron’s note

Per mua, libri me i mire shqip i shkruar ndonjehere.

087HungerKnut Hamsun·
086I humburiFatos Kongoli4/5
085Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the UniverseSteven H. Strogatz·
084Into the WildJon Krakauer5/5
083Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest DisasterJon Krakauer5/5
082Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)Daniel Quinn
081Islands in the SkyArthur C. Clarke·
080Lëkura e qenitFatos Kongoli·
079Letters to a Young ContrarianChristopher Hitchens·
078Letters to a Young PoetRainer Maria Rilke·
077LolitaVladimir Nabokov·
076MarinaCarlos Ruiz Zafón·
075MortalityChristopher Hitchens·
074Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)Agatha Christie·
073My Ishmael (Ishmael, #3)Daniel Quinn
072Ne të treFatos Kongoli·
071Night ShiftStephen King·
070NightfallIsaac Asimov·
069No ExitJean-Paul Sartre5/5
068No One Writes to the Colonel and Other StoriesGabriel García Márquez·
067Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and NightfallKazuo Ishiguro4/5
066Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami·
065Notebooks 1935-1942Albert Camus·
064Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck·
063Our Man in HavanaGraham Greene·
062Pallati i ëndrraveIsmail Kadare·
061Pinball, 1973 (The Rat, #2)Haruki Murakami·
060Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through JokesThomas Cathcart·
059Prelude to Foundation (Foundation, #6)Isaac Asimov·
058Pulp: Charles Bukowski's Final Hardboiled Noir Comedy – Lady Death, Aliens, and the AbsurdCharles Bukowski·
057Quiet Days in ClichyHenry Miller·
056Rain and Other South Sea StoriesW. Somerset Maugham·
055RevivalStephen King·
054Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari·
053Short Cuts: Selected Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)Raymond Carver·
052SiddharthaHermann Hesse·
051Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut Jr.·
050Sophie’s WorldJostein Gaarder·
049Sputnik SweetheartHaruki Murakami·
048SteppenwolfHermann Hesse·
047StonerJohn Williams·
046Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other AnimalsJohn Gray·
045Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It FailsYanis Varoufakis·
044The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)Carlos Ruiz Zafón·
043The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You AreAlan W. Watts·
042The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger·
041The Children ActIan McEwan·
040The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human IntelligenceCarl Sagan·
039The Elementary ParticlesMichel Houellebecq3/5
038The Exploits of a Young Don JuanGuillaume Apollinaire·
037The Fall (Vintage International)Albert Camus·
036The Festival of InsignificanceMilan Kundera·
035The HistorianElizabeth Kostova3/5+

Agron’s note

Minus 2 stars just because of the dissapointing ending.

034The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)Douglas Adams·
033The Illustrated ManRay Bradbury5/5
032The JokeMilan Kundera4/5
031The Last QuestionIsaac Asimov5/5
030The Martian ChroniclesRay Bradbury·
029The MetamorphosisFranz Kafka·
028The Moon and SixpenceW. Somerset Maugham5/5
027The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)Agatha Christie·
026The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)Agatha Christie·
025The Myth of Sisyphus and Other EssaysAlbert Camus·
024The PlagueAlbert Camus5/5
023The Possibility of an IslandMichel Houellebecq5/5
022The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)Carlos Ruiz Zafón·
021The Problems of PhilosophyBertrand Russell·
020The ProphetKahlil Gibran·
019The Razor’s EdgeW. Somerset Maugham·
018The RebelAlbert Camus·
017The Satanic VersesSalman Rushdie·
016The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)Carlos Ruiz Zafón·
015The Shining (The Shining, #1)Stephen King·
014The Story of B (Ishmael, #2)Daniel Quinn
013The StrangerAlbert Camus·
012The TrialFranz Kafka·
011The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan Kundera·
010The WallJean-Paul Sartre·
009The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of AnxietyAlan W. Watts·
008The Writer in the Catastrophe of Our Time (Fiction and Series)Ernesto Sabato·
007To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee·
006Tropic of CancerHenry Miller·
005Under the NetIris Murdoch4/5
004WomenCharles Bukowski·
003Zorba the GreekNikos Kazantzakis5/5+

Agron’s note

Arguably the greatest character in literature.

002The ChamberJohn Grisham4/5
001The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the WorldDavid Deutsch