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Running Dog by Don DeLillo Vineland by Thomas Pynchon Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson The Story of B by Daniel Quinn Terminal Cafe by Ian McDonald 1984 by George Orwell The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon Neuromancer by William Gibson Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
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Jenny Hamel
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Art, Biography, Classics, Cookbooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Manga, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Spirituality, and Travel


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