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Derek

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Derek’s favorites shelf

1984 by George Orwell

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Master & Commander by Patrick O'Brian

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

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Derek’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (37)
currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (81)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

favorites‎ (9)

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Derek’s Quotes

Jules Renard

“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard

tags: free

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Derek’s Year In Books

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Derek’s 2025 Year in Books

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Derek’s Friends (68)

Haley P...

Haley Potiker

1,205 books | 191 friends

adames

adames

65 books | 159 friends

Jackie ...

Jackie Herrlin

91 books | 151 friends

J.

2,158 books | 24 friends

Richard...

Richard Cardenas

191 books | 38 friends

Kelley

Kelley

1,315 books | 66 friends

Kyle Hall

Kyle Hall

110 books | 139 friends

Holly E...

Holly Elicker

96 books | 19 friends

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People Derek is Following

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Brent

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H.G. Wells

4 people are following Derek

Listopia Votes

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)

346 books — 301 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet

780 books — 1,845 voters

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Favorite Genres

Adult Fiction, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Mystery, and Politics

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