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John’s favorite books

Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.

Moneyball by Michael Lewis

The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

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Mistborn: The Fin...

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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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Dance Dance Dance

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Dance Dance Dance (The Rat, #4)

by Haruki Murakami

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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

There are people who drive luxury cars, but have only second- or third-rate sofas in their homes. I put little trust in such people.

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