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Paul’s favorite books

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt The Gunslinger by Stephen King The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum Brother Odd by Dean Koontz On Basilisk Station by David Weber Postmortem by Patricia Daniels Cornwell Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Life of Pi by Yann Martel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
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“Hearing a succession of mediocre singers does not add up to a single outstanding performance.” In other words, talent is not a commodity
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Flannery O'Connor
“She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”
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“Wow. This makes grand central look like a bus stop in Buttfuck Nebraska.”
― Stephen King, The Waste Lands
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The Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
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Adult Fiction, Business, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, Young-adult, and War


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