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Joel’s favorite books

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams Kingdom Come by Mark Waid A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell The High Crusade by Poul Anderson V for Vendetta by Alan Moore The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
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Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Humor and Comedy, Paranormal, Philosophy, Religion, and Science fiction


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