Joel

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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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The Corner by David Simon

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

The Little Book That Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt

The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky

Small Stakes Hold 'em by Ed Miller

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

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Dark Matter

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by Michelle Paver

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The Wisdom of Crowds

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The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)

by Joe Abercrombie

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Exhalation

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by Ted Chiang

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Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Science fiction, Suspense, and Thriller

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