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Mike’s favorite books

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The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston

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Girl With a Pearl...

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Girl With a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author)

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Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found

by Andrew Graham-Dixon

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by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author)

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Mike has read 92 books of their goal of 75!

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Art, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Mystery, Religion, Suspense, and Thriller

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