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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 1984 by George Orwell My Own Country by Abraham Verghese Night by Elie Wiesel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Touching the Void by Joe Simpson Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
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It’s your obligation to share whatever you can spare, instantly and with no expectations: once the gift leaves your hand, it was never yours to begin with.
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Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Mystery, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Spirituality, and Thriller


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