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John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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John Darnielle
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Traveler of the Century
When people send or give me a book, I always try to make a point of saying: "It takes me forever to get around to anything." My editor at FSG, Sean McDonald, gave me Neuman's Traveler of the Century during one of our earliest meetings -- before I'd even finished Wolf in White Van, I think. I started reading Traveler...last week.
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Wolf in White Van
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2014
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Universal Harvester
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2017
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Devil House
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2022
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18 editions
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Master of Reality
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2008
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This Year: 365 Songs Annotated: A Book of Days
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2025
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Uncertainties Volume IV
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2020
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Topograph: New Writing from the Carolinas and the Landscape Beyond
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2010
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From Blacksheep Boys to Bill Collectors: The Music-Related Artwork of William Schaff
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“This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has already staked its claim on them from the moment they appear onscreen.”
― Wolf in White Van
― Wolf in White Van
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| The Book Challenge: laurea's 2010 challenge | 25 | 83 | Jul 11, 2010 01:10PM | |
| 21st Century Lite...: 2014 National Book Award | 27 | 187 | Nov 20, 2014 07:59AM | |
| J.D. Robb : Best Books - 2014 | 50 | 48 | Jan 03, 2015 03:34PM | |
| The Book Club: Books and Authors in the Media | 71 | 116 | Jan 14, 2015 01:36PM | |
| The Seasonal Read...: 20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling … | 29 | 104 | Feb 12, 2015 05:58AM | |
| 21st Century Lite...: Favorite Books of 2014 | 29 | 114 | Feb 18, 2015 08:46PM | |
| 21st Century Lite...: April Open Pick Nominations | 49 | 92 | Mar 19, 2015 03:22AM |
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