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Kat is Currently Reading

The Essential Homer

Kat Matthews is currently reading

The Essential Homer (Hackett Classics)

by Homer

bookshelves: classical-studies, on-my-shelf, 2025-2026-gap-year-reading-list, currently-reading

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The Rumi Collecti...

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The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (Shambhala Classics)

by Kabir Helminski

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— Jul 06, 2026 07:34PM

Jul 06, 2026 07:34PM

Etruscan Civiliza...

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Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History

by Sybille Haynes

bookshelves: archaeology, classical-studies, history, on-my-shelf, 2025-2026-gap-year-reading-list, currently-reading

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2026 Reading Challenge

Kat Matthews has read 6 of 15 books.

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Biography, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Non-fiction, Poetry, Romance, Science fiction, Young-adult, and historical

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