Alex

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Alex’s favorite books

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Pastoralia by George Saunders

Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer

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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt

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Heads I Win, Tails I Win: Why Smart Investors Fail and How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favor

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