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Jesse’s favorite books

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Night by Elie Wiesel

The Oppermanns by Lion Feuchtwanger

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Neuromancer by William Gibson

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

True Grit by Charles Portis

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Jesse’s Bookshelves

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The Hunger Games

Jesse Penico is currently reading

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

by Suzanne Collins

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— Sep 14, 2026 10:18PM

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Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School

by Gotham Writers' Workshop

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2026 Reading Challenge

Jesse Penico has read 9 of 25 books.

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Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Science fiction, Suspense, and Thriller

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