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Listopia > Jeremy Maddux's votes on the list Favorite Reads of 2017 (10 Books)
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Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
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"Nazi leprechauns, giant killer moths, werepiranha from Venezuela, toy cemeteries, demonic mirrors, they've all been collected and catalogued in this glorious volume of forgotten drek from 70's and 80's paperback lore."
Jeremy
rated it 5 stars
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How I Conquered Your Planet
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"Penned by the longest running writer of The Simpsons and with the same razor sharp hilarity."
Jeremy
rated it 4 stars
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The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
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"When myths fail, 'M' attempts to settle for western banality."
Jeremy
rated it 4 stars
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
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"Without warning, a teenager abandons his car and everything he knows to live in the deep woods, braving harsh wildlife and harsher winters, learning to make-do with supplies cobbled from burglaries of cabins and nearby neighborhoods. He got away with it for over twenty years. Here is his (true) story."
Jeremy
rated it 5 stars
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Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich
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"An indelible appraisal of the Nazi fascination with all things border science, the occult and fringe philosophy (generational memory, ariosophy, World Ice Theory, Nordic will-to-power)."
Jeremy
rated it 5 stars
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Caligula for President: Better American Living Through Tyranny
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The Hematophages
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"Giant lampreys in space make the best of puppeteers! One would prefer death to becoming an instrument of a hematophage."
Jeremy
rated it 5 stars
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Maximinus Thrax: Strongman Emperor of Rome
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"Said to stand over eight feet tall, spent most of his life as a soldier before taking the highest seat of Roman authority, this revealing account sheds light on one of the more obscure periods in Roman history."
Jeremy
rated it 4 stars
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Until Hell Wouldn't Have You
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"An average story elevated by one of the bleakest, most warm yet cruel goodbyes I have ever read."
Jeremy
rated it 5 stars
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Dr. Anarchy's Rules for World Domination: Or How I Became God-Emperor of Rhode Island
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"Dr. Anarchy is a standard badguy who desperately wants to be recognized as a supervillain. To accomplish these ends, he must keep his employees afraid of him, stay two steps ahead of his archnemesis Dark Detective and hire top of the line protection in the cybernetic ninja known as Raven, who may or may not have a thing for the colossally clumsy oaf."
Jeremy
rated it 5 stars
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