Books
A short list of books, which are worth reading. Whenever possible, I used original titles. The rating is reflecting my personal opinion. However, even one star books are quite good as I don't list bad ones in the first place.
Scientific text books
Biographies
Misc non-fiction
Thrillers
Historic novels
Science fiction
Fantasy
Anti-utopia
Humorous novels
Miscellaneous novels
Title | Author | Rating |
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A Brief History of Time | Stephen Hawking | |
The Selfish Gene | Richard Dawkins | |
The Double Helix | James D. Watson | |
What is Life? | Erwin Schrödinger | |
Fermat's Last Theorem | Simon Singh | |
A Short History of Nearly Everything | Bill Bryson | |
The First Three Minutes | Steven Weinberg | |
Bones of Contention | Paul Chambers | |
QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter | Richard P. Feynman | |
Seitensprünge der Evolution | Matthias Glaubrecht | |
How to Build a Time Machine | Paul Davies | |
The Universe in a Nutshell | Stephen Hawking | |
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays | Stephen Hawking | |
Gedankenexperimente | Henning Genz | |
Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematic Matters | Marcus du Sautoy |
Title | Author | Rating |
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DNA Computing - New Computing Paradigms | Gheorge Paun, Grzegorz Rozenberg, Arto Salomaa |
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Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics | Masatoshi Nei, Sudhir Cumar | |
Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics | Warren J. Ewens, Gregory R. Grant | |
Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and Computation |
John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman |
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Plant Physiology | Lincoln Taiz, Eduardo Zaiger |
Title | Author | Rating |
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Just for Fun | Linus Torvalds, David Diamond | |
Der Teil und das Ganze | Werner Heisenberg | |
Mein Leben, meine Weltansicht | Erwin Schrödinger | |
Grüße aus der Hölle | Matti Nykänen, Egon Theiner |
Title | Author | Rating |
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Il Principe | Niccolo Machiavelli | |
The Art of War | Sun Tzu | |
Der Selbstmord | Roger Willemsen | |
Gödel, Escher, Bach | Douglas Hofstadter | |
Manifest des evolutionören Humanismus | Michael Schmidt-Salomon | |
The God Delusion | Richard Dawkins |
Title | Author | Rating |
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Eye of the Needle | Ken Follett | |
The Man from St. Petersburg | Ken Follett | |
The Third Twin | Ken Follett | |
The Hammer of Eden | Ken Follett | |
Whiteout | Ken Follett | |
Ikiyö | Ilkka Remes | |
Hiroshiman portti | Ilkka Remes | |
Nimessä ja veressä | Ilkka Remes | |
Ruttokellot | Ilkka Remes | |
6/12 | Ilkka Remes | |
Pahan perimä | Ilkka Remes | |
Dino Park | Michael Crichton | |
Innan frosten | Henning Mankell | |
Enigma | Robert Harris | |
Fatherland | Robert Harris | |
En busca de Klingsor | Jorge Volpi | |
Kostan komissio | Taavi Soininvaara | |
Ebola-Helsinki | Taavi Soininvaara | |
Ikuisesti paha | Taavi Soininvaara | |
inferno.fi | Taavi Soininvaara | |
Cast of Shadows | Kevin Guilfoile | |
The Alexander Cipher | Will Adams | |
Der Schwarm | Frank Schätzing | |
The Chemistry of Death | Simon Beckett | |
Written in Bone | Simon Beckett |
Title | Author | Rating |
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The Pillars of the Earth | Ken Follett | |
World Without End | Ken Follett | |
Sinuhe egyptiläinen | Mika Waltari | |
Le Comte de Monte-Christo | Alexandre Dumas | |
Les Trois Mousquetaires | Alexandre Dumas | |
Les Miserables | Victor Hugo | |
Notre Dame de Paris | Victor Hugo | |
Il nome della rosa | Umberto Eco | |
Cien anos de soledad | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | |
Pompeji | Robert Harris | |
Imperium | Robert Harris | |
The Last Kingdom | Bernhard Cornwell | |
Die Vermessung der Welt | Daniel Kehlmann | |
La Catedral del Mar | Ildefonso Falcones | |
Keisri hull | Jaan Kross |
Title | Author | Rating |
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A Stich in Time | Andrew J. Robinson | |
The Lives of Dax | Marco Palmieri | |
Darwin's Radio | Greg Bear | |
Darwin's Children | Greg Bear | |
The Foundation Triology | Isaac Asimov | |
The Time Machine | H.G. Wells | |
The War of the Worlds | H.G. Wells | |
2001 - A Space Odyssey | Arthur C. Clarke | |
Evolution | Stephen Baxter | |
Solaris | Stanislav Lem | |
Zone Null | Herbert W. Franke |
Title | Author | Rating |
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The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
The Silmarillion | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
Unfinished Tales | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
The Children of Hurin | J.R.R. Tolkien |
Title | Author | Rating |
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1984 | George Orwell | |
Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess | |
Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | |
Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | |
We | Yevgeny Zamyatin |
Title | Author | Rating |
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Russendisko | Wladimir Kaminer | |
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha | Arto Paasilinna | |
Jäniksen vuosi | Arto Paasilinna | |
Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä | Arto Paasilinna | |
Ukkosenjumalan poika | Arto Paasilinna | |
Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä | Arto Paasilinna | |
Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä | Arto Paasilinna | |
Herranen aika | Arto Paasilinna | |
Maailman paras kylä | Arto Paasilinna | |
Paratiisisaaren vangit | Arto Paasilinna | |
Onnellinen mies | Arto Paasilinna | |
Rovasti Huuskosen petomainen miespalvelija | Arto Paasilinna | |
English Passengers | Matthew Kneale | |
Canal Grande | Hannu Raittila | |
Atlantis | Hannu Raittila |
Title | Author | Rating |
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Seitsemän veljestä | Aleksis Kivi | |
About a Boy | Nick Hornby | |
Fight Club | Chuck Palahniuk | |
Sofies verden | Jostein Gaarder | |
Sirkusdirektoerens datter | Jostein Gaarder | |
Maya | Jostein Gaarder | |
La mort est mon metier | Robert Merle | |
L'etranger | Albert Camus |