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Alan’s favorite books

Dead I Well May Be by Adrian McKinty

The Color of Water by James McBride

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

Augustus by John Williams

Of Love and Dust by Ernest J. Gaines

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjöwall

The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow

The Riddle of Life and Death by Tillie Olsen

Shoot the Piano Player by David Goodis

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Alan’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (854)
did-not-finish‎ (1)
crime-spy-noir-thriller‎ (334)
fiction-1945-present‎ (270)

translation‎ (131)
racism-etc‎ (67)
fiction-pre-1945‎ (46)
non-fiction‎ (40)
historical-fiction‎ (39)
classics‎ (29)

political‎ (27)
genre‎ (26)
comic-novels‎ (16)
memoir‎ (10)
feminism‎ (9)
lgbqt‎ (4)

drama‎ (3)
sci-fi‎ (3)
short-stories‎ (3)
finance‎ (2)
graphic-comic‎ (2)

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Every Man Dies Alone

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Every Man Dies Alone

by Hans Fallada

bookshelves: fiction-1945-present, historical-fiction, political, translation, currently-reading

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