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James McVay’s favorite books

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Bastion: Against a Dark Future

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Compound Fracture (Locker Nine #3)

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Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)

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2026 Reading Challenge

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James McVay has read 108 books of his goal of 75!

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