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Ben’s favorite books

Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

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A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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My Antonia by Willa Cather

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan

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A Woman of No Imp...

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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

by Sonia Purnell

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Paradise Lost

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by John Milton

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The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization

by Arthur Herman

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