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The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham East of Eden by John Steinbeck Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The Road by Cormac McCarthy Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Freedom by Jonathan Franzen The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Thank You for Being Late by Thomas L. Friedman The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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