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I have many different reasons for choosing books to read. Sometimes, I read to inform myself, to learn new things, to develop different aspects of myself. Other times, I read to counteract the forces in my own life, to bring into my day-to-day experience the things that I feel are missing. In both cases, I’m looking for an escape. In the first case, I want to be someone other than who I am; perhaps that person is someone who understands number theory, or understands a...