Ryan Riley

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Ryan Riley

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Ryan’s favorite books

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Death Masks by Jim Butcher

Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt

The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth by Ruth S. Noel

The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt

A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day

Superman by Mark Waid

Magician by Raymond E. Feist

Rick Steves' Florence & Tuscany 2009 by Rick Steves

Rick Steves' Rome 2009 by Rick Steves

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Ryan’s Bookshelves

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The Vital Questio...

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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

by Nick Lane

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May 19, 2026 04:06AM

Homo Deus: A Brie...

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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

by Yuval Noah Harari

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Jan 31, 2026 10:20PM

In Death Ground

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In Death Ground (Starfire, #3)

by David Weber

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2026 Reading Challenge

Ryan Riley has read 22 of 52 books.

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Children's, Classics, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Science, Science fiction, and Young-adult

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