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Mike’s favorite books

Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

The Green Mile by Stephen King

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

The Coalwood Way by Homer Hickam

Great Wine Made Simple by Andrea Immer Robinson

Gone to Soldiers by Marge Piercy

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Chaos by James Gleick

Lemony Snicket by Lemony Snicket

'Toons for Our Times by Berkeley Breathed

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Mike’s Bookshelves

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Mike is Currently Reading

Zoe's Tale

Mike Nelson is currently reading

Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4)

by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 18, 2026 11:20PM

Wild Seed

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Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)

by Octavia E. Butler

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Aug 13, 2026 09:06AM

Hidden Depths

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Hidden Depths (Vera Stanhope, #3)

by Ann Cleeves (Goodreads Author)

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2026 Reading Challenge

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Mike Nelson has read 47 books of his goal of 20!

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Biography, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Sports, and Thriller

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