Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
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Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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