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Brian’s favorite books

It by Stephen King

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

House of Chains by Steven Erikson

The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Shōgun, Part 1 by James Clavell

The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan

Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

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Brian’s Bookshelves

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Deviant: The Shoc...

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Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"

by Harold Schechter

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Oct 13, 2026 02:03PM

Nevernight

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Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)

by Jay Kristoff (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 07, 2026 12:48PM

Empire of Silence

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Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)

by Christopher Ruocchio (Goodreads Author)

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2026 Reading Challenge

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Brian Purser has read 73 books of his goal of 65!

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Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Memoir, and Science fiction

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