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J.L.’s favorite books

The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski

The Air-Conditioned Nightmare by Henry Miller

All of Us by Raymond Carver

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Tumble Home by Amy Hempel

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton

Story by Robert McKee

Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder

Septuagenarian Stew by Charles Bukowski

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2026 Reading Challenge

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J.L. has read 25 books of their goal of 20!

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Biography, Crime, Fiction, Horror, Memoir, and Non-fiction

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