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Mary Beth

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Mary’s favorite books

The Golden Key by George MacDonald

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis

At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald

The Third Man by Graham Greene

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

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Walking on Water:...

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Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

by Madeleine L'Engle

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— Sep 26, 2026 07:07PM

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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser

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The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton

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Mary’s Quotes

“Be faithful to your own taste because nothing you really like is ever out of style.”
― Billy Baldwin

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

“What terrible tragedies realism inflicts on people,”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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2026 Reading Challenge

Mary Beth has read 25 of 35 books.

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