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John is Currently Reading

John is currently reading

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka

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— Jun 19, 2026 06:29AM

Jun 06, 2026 08:58AM

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The Best American Essays 1999

by Edward Hoagland

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The Talisman (The Talisman #1)

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, mythology, novel

Reading for the 2nd time

read in January 1986

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