Matt Allen

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Matt’s favorite books

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Pathways to Bliss by Joseph Campbell

The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins

Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey

The Masks of God, Volume 1 by Joseph Campbell

Rabbit, Run by John Updike

Myths to Live By by Joseph Campbell

Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung

The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

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Matt’s Bookshelves

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currently-reading‎ (6)
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physical-collection‎ (125)
audiobooks‎ (103)
2014‎ (66)
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2018‎ (44)
graphic-fiction‎ (40)

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kindle‎ (35)
business‎ (34)
2024‎ (27)
2023‎ (17)
2019‎ (16)
hardback‎ (12)
cooking‎ (9)
philosophy‎ (7)

lent-by-jason‎ (6)
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buddhism-meditation‎ (5)
military‎ (5)
re-reading‎ (5)
ai‎ (4)
mystery-crime-thriller‎ (4)
2022‎ (3)
comixology‎ (3)

nyt-best-of-21st-century‎ (3)
library‎ (2)
set-aside‎ (2)
life-time-tbr‎ (1)
recommended-by-book-riot-podcast‎ (1)
web-comic-chunky-reader‎ (1)
lent-by-coleman‎ (0)
web-serial‎ (0)

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Matt is Currently Reading

Cheap Coffee: Beh...

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Cheap Coffee: Behind the Curtain of the Global Coffee Trade

by Karl Wienhold

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Sep 03, 2025 04:16PM

Influence: The Ps...

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

by Robert B. Cialdini (Goodreads Author)

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The Abolition of Man

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The Abolition of Man

by C.S. Lewis

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BoardGameGeek — 192 members — last activity Jul 26, 2017 01:36PM
A group for users of http://www.boardgamegeek.com! If your passion for boardgames, roleplay games and videogames has to take a back seat to a good boo ...more

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A place for AAC guildies to stalk each other somewhere else.

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Cyberpunk — 1007 members — last activity Sep 09, 2025 03:53PM
A group for fans of all things cyberpunk. Have fun. Make something happen. Authors, please use the 'Marketing, Beta Readers, Reviews' folder to post ...more

2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge

Matt Allen has read 9 of 30 books.

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Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, and Spirituality

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