Matthew Hempson

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Matthew Hempson

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Matthew’s favorite books

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Post Office by Charles Bukowski

The Shining by Stephen King

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

What Every Body is Saying by Joe Navarro

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

Stoner by John Williams

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

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Matthew’s Bookshelves

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currently-reading‎ (5)

read‎ (126)
did-not-finish‎ (1)

2024‎ (15)
non-fict-want-to-read‎ (9)

will-not-finish‎ (2)
2025-reread‎ (1)

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The Count of Mont...

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The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

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— May 18, 2026 09:05AM

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If on a Winter's ...

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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

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The Art of War

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by Sun Tzu

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2026 Reading Challenge

Matthew Hempson has read 19 of 50 books.

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Favorite Genres

Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Self help, Spirituality, and Thriller

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