Scott Balta

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Scott Balta

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Scott’s favorite books

Wake Up, Sir! by Jonathan Ames

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker

The Tetherballs of Bougainville by Mark Leyner

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

White Noise by Don DeLillo

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

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Scott’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (35)
currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (185)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

style-guides‎ (14)
dnf‎ (2)

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2026 Reading Challenge

Scott Balta has read 23 of 30 books.

77%

Scott’s Year In Books

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Scott’s 2025 Year in Books

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Scott’s Friends (12)

Hal

Hal

23 books | 6 friends

Irla Doci

Irla Doci

205 books | 24 friends

Laura B...

Laura Brower

955 books | 3,181 friends

Jack Th...

Jack Thiemel

30 books | 10 friends

Steven ...

Steven Dampf

4 books | 3 friends

Liv

Liv

229 books | 25 friends

AL

597 books | 20 friends

Jack Balta

Jack Balta

418 books | 8 friends

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Favorite Genres

Classics, Humor and Comedy, and Philosophy

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