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While Drowning in the Desert by Don Winslow

The Man Who Fell To Earth by Walter Tevis

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The Back Bedroom:...

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The Back Bedroom: A True Story of Exorcism and Murder

by Gregg Olsen (Goodreads Author)

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The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

by Jill Lepore

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Backstory

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by Gabriel Bergmoser (Goodreads Author)

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