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Possession

by A.S. Byatt

bookshelves: modern-classics, gaslamp-fantasy, temp, currently-reading

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Dark Sleeper (Western Lights, #1)

by Jeffrey E. Barlough

bookshelves: fantasy, horror-thriller, sci-fi, steampunk, temp, currently-reading

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Mar 16, 2026 04:15AM

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Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 2

by Inio Asano

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“I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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