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Ben’s favorite books

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

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On Writing by Stephen King

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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Shining by Stephen King

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

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The Empire of Gold

Ben Carpenter is currently reading

The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)

by S.A. Chakraborty (Goodreads Author)

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Adult Fiction, Book Club, Christian, Classics, Comics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and War

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