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Chip Kussmaul
Chip Kussmaul wants to read: I'm looking for novels, recent or past, that explore individual efforts to follow the path less traveled. Many novels are about finding a place in the crowd. I'm looking for novels that celebrate individual perspective. ...more
Jun 02, 2026 06:59AM  · 
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About Chip


Books added: 68
Location: Dayton, OH
About: I've been a public school teacher and also a skilled tradesman. I'm drawn to people who set their own paths and who can't be 'influenced' into going i ...more


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The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
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The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
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The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
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The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
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The Vegetarian by Han Kang
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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
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Jun 02, 2026 09:50AM  · 
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The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
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Jun 02, 2026 09:51AM  · 
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Stoner by John Williams
Stoner
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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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Jun 02, 2026 09:52AM  · 
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
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The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
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Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Jun 02, 2026 09:54AM  · 
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
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A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
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The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Jun 02, 2026 09:56AM  · 
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Blindsight by Peter Watts
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Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh
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The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
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The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Word for World Is Forest
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The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. Edwards
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The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
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Jun 02, 2026 10:01AM  · 
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
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The Ventriloquist's Tale by Pauline Melville
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Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet
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The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey
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The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
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The Blue by Nancy Bilyeau
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Chip's Favorite Books

1984 by George Orwell
1984
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Cat’s Cradle
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Slaughterhouse-Five
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal Farm
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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Business, Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Non-fiction, Romance, Science, and Science fiction