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2019

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EGO IS THE ENEMY
Ryan Holiday
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ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS: An Alaskan Odyssey
Dick Proenekke
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THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Johann Wyss
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AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER
Jamaica Kincaid
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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Oscar Wilde
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THE 1946 LONDON LECTURES

​Maria Montessori
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BLOOD, BRAINS, & BEER
David Ogilvy
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ISLAM AND THE FUTURE OF TOLERANCE
Sam Harris & Maajid Nawaz
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SETTING THE TABLE
Danny Meyer
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CONGO
Michael Crichton
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NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Frederick Douglass
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ENDER'S GAME
Orson Scott Card
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OUTLIERS
Malcolm Gladwell
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THE WAR OF ART
Steven Pressfield
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HOW TO BUILD AND FURNISH A LOG CABIN
W. Ben Hunt
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THE TRIALS AND DEATH OF SOCRATES
Plato
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THE FORK, THE WITCH, AND THE WORM
Christopher Paolini
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SHANE
​Jack Schaefer​
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2018

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THE BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2018
Life's meaning, Yellowstone secrets, Russian love, elephant whispering, paper & more...

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SHATTERPOINT
Matthew Stover
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A TREE FULL OF STARS
Davis Grubb​
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THE ELEPHANT WHISPERER
Lawrence Anthony
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PLAYING GOD IN YELLOWSTONE
Alston Chase
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FRANKENSTEIN
Mary Shelley 
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TRUST ME, I'M LYING
Ryan Holiday 
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AIRFRAME
Michael Crichton 
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THE 22 IMMUTABLE
​LAWS OF MARKETING
Al Ries & Jack Trout
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STORY THIEVES
James Riley
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BOYD
Robert Coram
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THE HANDMAID'S TALE
Margaret Atwood
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PIRATE LATITUDES
Michael Crichton
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THE ALCHEMIST
Paulo Coelho
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AWAKING BEAUTY
The Art of Eyvind Earle

Eyvind Earle
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THE BAD BEGINNING
Lemony Snicket
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CONSPIRACY
Ryan Holiday
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THE FOX AND THE STAR
Coralie Bickford-Smith
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ROMANTICS
Edmond Rostand​
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THUNDERBALL
Ian Fleming
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FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Ian Fleming
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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Ian Fleming
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DISCLOSURE
Michael Crichton

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THE WRATH & THE DAWN
Renée Ahdieh
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TWELVE RULES FOR LIFE
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson​
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WATERSHIP DOWN
Richard Adams
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ON THE BEACH
Nevil Shute​
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ON GRAND STRATEGY
John Lewis Gaddis
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V FOR VENDETTA
Alan Moore & David Lloyd
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A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
Betty Smith
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THINK LIKE A FREAK
Steven Levitt & Steven Dubner
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THE BROWNING VERSION
Terence Rattigan
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THE NOVEL OF THE CENTURY
David Bellos

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THE CUBAN AFFAIR
Nelson DeMille
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CAMINO ISLAND
John Grisham​
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THE RHINOCEROS
Eugene Ionesco

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ALL THE WRONG QUESTIONS
Lemony Snicket
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TOP SECRET
John Reynolds Gardiner
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THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
Ryan Holiday
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Reginald Rose
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THE UNPUBLISHED
​DAVID OGILVY
David Ogilvy
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THE GENIUS OF BIRDS
Jennifer Ackerman

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BAREFOOT IN ATHENS
Maxwell Anderson 
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THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS
Miyamoto Musashi
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ARMADA
Ernest Cline
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DR. NO
Ian Fleming

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PAPER
Mark Kurlansky
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GROWTH HACKER MARKETING
Ryan Holiday​

2017

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The Best Books
​I Read In 2017

Charles Darwin, Idealistic Roosters,
​US Navy SEALS, Salt, and More...
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Timeline
Michael Crichton
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Perennial Seller
Ryan Holiday
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Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
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Diamonds Are Forever
Ian Fleming
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Into The Woods
Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine
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The Romantic Manifesto
Ayn Rand
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The Miracle Worker
William Gibson
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Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton
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Astrophysics For
​People In A Hurry
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Summer for the Gods
Edward J. Larson
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Bug-Jargal
Victor Hugo
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Dragon Teeth
Michael Crichton
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Inherit the Wind
Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
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The Republic
​of Pirates

Colin Woodard
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Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Major Dick Winters
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A-frame
Chad Randl
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Mythology
Edith Hamilton
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Confessions of an
​Advertising Man
David Ogilvy
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The Man Who Was Cyrano
Sue Lloyd
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Monna Vanna
Maurice Maeterlinck
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The Eaglet
Edmond Rostand
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Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer
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The Hinge of the World
Richard N. Goodwin
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Sphere
Michael Crichton
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State of Fear
Michael Crichton
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The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
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Zero Cool
Michael Crichton
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On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
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Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
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Anne Frank: The Diary
of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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Anthem
Ayn Rand
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
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The New Psycho-​Cybernetics
Dr. Maxwell Maltz
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The Princess Far Away
Edmond Rostand
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The Winslow Boy
Terence Rattigan
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Zorro
Isabel Allende
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An Illustrated Book
​of Bad Arguments
Ali Almossawi
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The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
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Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
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​Chantecler
Edmond Rostand
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Salt: A World History
Mark Kurlansky
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Polyeuctus
Pierre Corneille

2016

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The Best Books
​I Read In 2016
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The Amazing Adventures
​of Kavalier & Clay 
Michael Chabon
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Eye of the Beholder
Laura J. Snyder
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The Books of Huckberry
Summer 2016
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The Republic
​of Imagination
Azar Nafisi
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The Indispensable
Calvin & Hobbes
Bill Watterson
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Books of Huckberry
Spring 2016

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Poetics 
Aristotle
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The Right Way
To Do Wrong​
Harry Houdini
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Pirate Hunters
​& Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson
Cyrano de Bergerac
​& 7 Other Great Plays
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Influence:
​The Psychology of Persuasion
Dr. Robert Cialdini
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A War Like No Other
Victor Davis Hanson
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The Ghost
​of Devil's Slide
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The 33 Strategies
​of War
Robert Greene
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Zorro: The Complete
​Pulp Adventures
Johnston McCulley
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Adventures of
​Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Why We Buy:
​The Science of Shopping
Paco Underhill
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Made To Stick​
Chip Heath & Dan Heath
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The Obstacle
​Is The Way
Ryan Holiday

2015

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The Best Books
I Read in 2015
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The Explorers Guild:
An Interview With Kevin Costne
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26 Rules I Wish More
​People Would Follow
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All In
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The Tyranny of Silence: 
An Interview with Flemming Rose

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Ninety-Three
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The 48 Laws of Power
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Wishing vs. Winning
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Harry Houdini's
​Magical Secret
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The Man Who Laughs
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The Night of the Hunter
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My Favorite Articles Lately
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Bolivar:
​American Liberator
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Why I Bike
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Save Our Souls:
An Interview with Cyril Rolando
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Liar
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Mastery
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4 Fantasy Novels
That I Love
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James Bond 
& His Maker

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5 Success Tactics
From Thomas Jefferson

2014

WHY YOU SHOULD READ 50 BOOKS EACH YEAR & HOW TO DO IT

CONFESSIONS OF THE ORIGINAL MAD MAN

GAME OF LIES

THE OBSTACLES REALLY ARE THE WAY

WHY YOU SHOULD TRACE YOUR CREATIVE LINEAGE & HOW TO DO IT (PART II)

WHY YOU SHOULD TRACE YOUR CREATIVE LINEAGE & HOW TO DO IT (PART I)

MEDITATIONS ON SUCCESS, STRATEGY, AND SETTLERS OF CATAN (PART II)

MEDITATIONS ON SUCCESS, STRATEGY, AND SETTLERS OF CATAN (PART I)

'HOWARD ROARK LAUGHED'

14 RULES FOR DISCUSSING THAT-WHICH-MUST-NOT-BE-DICUSSED

YOU CAN NEVER GET BACK YESTERDAY

2013

THE TEN MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS I (RE)READ IN 2013

YOU PROBABLY DO WORK TOO MUCH

STOIC SENTIMENTS TRUMP SOCIAL MEDIA

DIGITAL WITCH TRIALS & THEIR SNARK JURIES

A MAN TOO GREAT FOR FAME

BE A MAN - BE LIKE FIRE

A VICTORY DRINK

RICHER THAN MIDAS

CONFESSIONS OF A GENTLEMAN

MEETING THE FEAR WAVE

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SAVE OUR SOULS
An Interview with Cyril Rolando
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AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK
OF BAD ARGUMENTS

Ali Almossawi

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THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY
Ryan Holiday

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ZERO COOL
Michael Crichton
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PIRATE HUNTERS
Robert Kurson
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BUG-JARGAL
Victor Hugo
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EXTREME OWNERSHIP
Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
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STATE OF FEAR
Michael Crichton
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THE BEST BOOKS
I READ IN 2016

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I've been reading a book a week for 15+ years. On here, I share my favorites, fiction and nonfiction alike, as well as interviews with authors, artists, and entrepreneurs I admire. If you'd like to join a family of 5,000+ creatives, subscribe for the Reading List, a monthly email round-up for plenty of leads on your next read.