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James’s favorite books

Vineland by Thomas Pynchon

Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon

The Names by Don DeLillo

The Sandman, Vol. 2 by Neil Gaiman

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The Sandman, Vol. 4 by Neil Gaiman

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry

Why We Buy by Paco Underhill

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Ubik by Philip K. Dick

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James’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (100)
currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (430)
did-not-finish‎ (10)

non-fiction‎ (29)
ghosts‎ (3)

classics‎ (1)

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James’s Friends (8)

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Jacqueline Short

255 books | 32 friends

Jill Gr...

Jill Grzeskiewicz

391 books | 62 friends

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Zach Bullek

208 books | 64 friends

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Logan

267 books | 9 friends

Liz

Liz

30 books | 4 friends

Teri Mc...

Teri McDermott

440 books | 13 friends

Danny R...

Danny Rosas

342 books | 23 friends

Matt Li...

Matt Liebowitz

139 books | 6 friends

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Listopia Votes

Dune by Frank Herbert

Best Science Fiction Ever Written.

1,830 books — 4,140 voters

Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

V. by Thomas Pynchon

Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon

12 books — 261 voters

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Favorite Genres

Biography, Business, Classics, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Psychology, Science fiction, Suspense, Sports, and Thriller

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