Sean O'Brien

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Sean O'Brien

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Sean’s favorite books

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Marley and Me by John Grogan

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Closer by Patrick Marber

Sarah Kane by Sarah Kane

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Manhood in America by Michael S. Kimmel

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

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Sean’s Bookshelves

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Sean is Currently Reading

Naoki Urasawa's M...

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Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 2 (Naoki Urasawa's Monster: Kanzenban, #2)

by Naoki Urasawa

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Feb 20, 2026 10:36AM

Before They Are H...

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Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

by Joe Abercrombie

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Feb 11, 2026 02:10PM

The Confidence Ga...

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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time

by Maria Konnikova (Goodreads Author)

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Sean’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for How to Be an Antiracist (One World Essentials)

How to Be an Antiracist (One World Essentials) by Ibram X. Kendi

In my applause-stoked flights of oratory, I didn’t realize that to say something is wrong about a racial group is to say something is inferior about that racial group. I did not realize that to say something is inferior about a racial group ...more

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2026 Reading Challenge

Sean O'Brien has read 4 of 15 books.

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Sean’s Friends (114)

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Michelle

2,292 books | 183 friends

KT F

KT F

865 books | 20 friends

Janine

Janine

301 books | 182 friends

Dani Coles

Dani Coles

92 books | 12 friends

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Phyllis Lam

354 books | 26 friends

ECW Press

ECW Press

455 books | 380 friends

Stephanie

Stephanie

512 books | 128 friends

Caitlin

Caitlin

594 books | 31 friends

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Favorite Genres

Biography, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, and Science fiction

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