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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler Halo by Greg Bear A King's Commander by Dewey Lambdin I, Claudius by Robert Graves 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke Noble House by James Clavell The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson Turn Coat by Jim Butcher Critical Mass by Craig Alanson
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“Living either never has any point, or is always its own point; being a naturally cheery soul, I lean towards the latter.”
― Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata
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I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden
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