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Jacob’s favorite books

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The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Love Is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

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A Death in the Fa...

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A Death in the Family (My Struggle, #1)

by Karl Ove Knausgård

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