Publisher: Recorded Books Published Date: 2006 Print Copyright: 2005 Discs: 11 Duration: 12.5 hours ISBN10: 1-4281-1336-3 ISBN13: 978-1-4281-1336-7 Author: Scott Westerfeld Read by: Carine Montbertrand Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is set about 300 […]
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 16, 2025 (pre-order available) Language: English Print length: […]
Publisher: Hachette Audio Audible publish date: 2018 Print Publish Date: 2010 Series: […]
Publisher: Random House Audio (Books On Tape) Publication date: August 2, 2016 Language: English Disks: 9 Duration: 10 hours 43 minutes ISBN-13: 978-1-5247-3627-9 Author: Colson Whitehead Read by: Bahni Turpin The Underground Railroad by Colson […]
Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication date: April 2018 Print length: 352 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-250-10781-7 Authors: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are […]
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication date: August 6, 2013 Print length: 400 pages ISBN-10: 0-374-10787-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10787-1 Author: Toby Barlow Babayaga by Toby Barlow doesn’t really know what kind of book it is. Sometimes […]
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC Audio Published Date: 1989 Original Print Published: 1870 Length: 12 disks (14 hours 18 minutes) ISBN-10: 1-4193-1162-x ISBN-13: 978-1-4193-1162-8 Author: Jules Verne Read by: Norman Dietz 20,000 Leagues Under […]
Publisher: Levine Querido Published Date: July 8, 2025 (pre-order available) Reading age: 8 – 12 years Grade level: 3 – […]
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date: July 29, 2025 (pre-order available) Language: English Print […]
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.; Published Date: August 28, 2006 Disks: 6 ISBN-10: […]
Publisher: Del Rey; Published Date: First Edition (July 23, 2019) Pages: 352 pages ISBN-10: 0-525-62075-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-525-62075-4 Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is […]
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Publication Date: October 1st, 2008 Disks: 20 ISBN: 9781433248832 ISBN-10: 1433248832 Author: Homer Translated by: W H D Rouse Read by: Anthony Heard Iliad and Odyssey by Homer, translated by W H […]
Publisher: CROWN PUBLISHING GROUP INC Publication Date: November 14th, 2017 Pages 320 ISBN: 978-0-553-44812-2 Author: Andy Weir Artemis by Andy Weir is set on a small Lunar city made up of various interconnected ‘bubbles’. […]
Publisher: TURNER PUBLISHING CO (TN) Publication date: 04/01/2010 Copyright Date: 2009 Pages: 344 ISBN: 978-0-470-60203-4 Author: Fred Kaplan 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan is not a book I would normally review […]
Publisher: Tor.com Publication date: 03/13/2018 Language: English Pages: 240 ISBN-10: 1-250-16384-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-250-16385-1 Author: Kelly Robson Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson is a time travel story. It is part ecological, […]
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; First Edition Published Date: April 15, 1997) Pages: 160 pages ISBN-10: 031215514X ISBN-13: 978-0312155148 Author: George Gaylord Simpson Additional Content: Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Jay Gould, Joan Simpson Burns The […]
Publisher : Ace Trade Publish Date: 1998 Pages: 362 ISBN-10 : 0-441-00543-8 Authors: Connie Willis; […]
Publisher: MacMillan Audio Publication date: 05/29/2007 Copyright Year: 2007 Print Copyright: 1965 Discs: 18 ISBN13: 978-1-4272-0143-0 ISBN10: 1-4272-0143-9 Author: Frank Herbert Read by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance and others Dune by […]
Publisher: BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL Publication date: 02/06/2024 Pages: 432 ISBN: 9781984820709 Author: Robert Jackson Bennett The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is a typical Sherlock Holmes / John Watson type mystery. Typical that is […]
Publisher: Audiobook Contractors Published Date: 2010 Original Print Published: 1889 ISBN: 1-60646-181-8 Author: Mark Twain Read by: Flo Gibson A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain is […]
First off, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to download and read Anthrophobia: A Teacher’s Tale, whether or not you entered the Challenge. If you have not already done so, I’d […]
Results are in Find the Robert Heinlein Easter Eggs and other references in – Anthrophobia by Matt Truxaw and win free books. There are several references within the book to my favorite author, Robert […]
Ender’s Game is the 2013 film “based” on the classic 1985 book by Orson Scott Card. It features Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, and Ben Kingsley. The Ender’s Game novel […]
Publisher: Berkley Books Publication date: 05/11/2021 Pages: 400 ISBN: 978-1-9848-0260-6 Author: SARAH PINSKER We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker is set in the relatively near future when a new medical device, the Pilot, is […]
Publisher: William Morrow & Company Publication date: 01/14/2025 Pages: 448 ISBN: 978-0-06-339114-7 Author: Nnedi Okorafor Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor continues to confirm my opinion that Okorafor is […]
Publisher: TOR BOOKS Publication date: 11/12/2013 Pages: 126 Copyright Year: 2007 ISBN-10: 0-7653-1282-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-1282-2 Author: Orson Scott Card A War Of Gifts: An Ender Story by Orson […]
Publisher: AUDIO RENAISSANCE Publication date: 08/01/2005 Compact Discs: 13 ISBN10: 0-7927-3708-3 ISBN13: 9781593976644 Author: Orson Scott Card Read by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, others Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card follows approximately the same […]
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Published Date: October 1, 2024 Pages: 368 ISBN-10: 0316575801 ISBN-13: 978-0316575805 Author: Malcolm Gladwell Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is the author’s follow up to his hugely […]
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publish Date: First Edition (January 5, 2007) Length: 784 pages ISBN-10: 0446698903 ISBN-13: 978-0446698900 Author: Octavia E. Butler Seed To Harvest by Octavia E.Butler is the compilation of all four of […]
Publisher: Independently published Published Date: 2024 Pages: 226 ASIN B0CVFB18TM ISBN: 9798879141757 Author: Paul Levinson It’s Real Life: An Alternate History of the Beatles by […]
Matt Truxaw’s newest book is Monster, which released on 1/12/2026. This urban fantasy, horror, thriller will keep you turning the pages.
He is also the author of the hard science fiction thrillers: “Plastiphobia/Plastivore” and “Anthrophobia: A Teacher’s Tale”
You can find them all on Amazon in Paperback, Hardback, Kindle and/or free to read with Kindle Unlimited.
When you read any of them, he would really appreciate a review/rating on Amazon or your favorite book seller/book reader site.
More about Matt:
He was born in Orange County California many years ago and he still lives there. He has been reading books for most of those years and writing up book reviews for the last few years. He gets MANY of his books out of the library/Libby so expect a lot of old science fiction classics book reviews and other science related reviews in addition to newer books he comes across.
If you want to be ‘in-the-loop’ on these and other works, you can follow his author’s page on Amazon or his Facebook page.
For more reviews and articles by Matt here on Amazing Stories (Click here).
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