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Joel’s favorite books

The Seville Communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte Island in the Sea of Time by S.M. Stirling The Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella Life of Pi by Yann Martel Fragrant Harbor by John Lanchester The Nautical Chart by Arturo Pérez-Reverte Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card Two Lives by Vikram Seth The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
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