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Justin’s favorite books

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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

1984 by George Orwell

Charles Darwin by Janet Browne

Anthem by Ayn Rand

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo

Beloved by Toni Morrison

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American Dirt

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by Jeanine Cummins (Goodreads Author)

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

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Strata: Stories from Deep Time

by Laura Poppick

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