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Derek’s favorite books

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Straphanger by Taras Grescoe

Makeshift Metropolis by Witold Rybczynski

Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser

American Nations by Colin Woodard

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Derek’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (192)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (118)

did-not-finish‎ (0)
city-planning‎ (45)
black-lives-matter‎ (13)

history-of-america‎ (12)
feminism-and-sexism‎ (7)
based-on-plants‎ (5)

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Favorite Genres

Biography, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Self help, Travel, and urban-planning

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