Joel Larson

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Joel Larson

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Joel’s favorite books

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien

Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff

Making All Things New by Henri J.M. Nouwen

The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer

The Way of the Heart by Henri J.M. Nouwen

The Holy Longing by Ronald Rolheiser

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg

On the Incarnation by Athanasius of Alexandria

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The Gathering Storm

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The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

by Robert Jordan

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The Two Towers

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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

by Mary Oliver

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Joel Larson has read 18 of 50 books.

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