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Chris’s favorite books

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Midlife and the Great Unknown by David Whyte

Brothers, We Are Not Professionals by John Piper

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

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The Trapped Mind ...

Chris Shaw is currently reading

The Trapped Mind Project (Emerilia, #1)

by Michael Chatfield (Goodreads Author)

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)

by J.K. Rowling

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The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

by Ray Kurzweil

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2026 Reading Challenge

Chris Shaw has read 41 of 52 books.

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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies

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