23 books
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2 voters
Listopia > James Ball's votes on the list Top books I've read over the last 10 years (28 Books)
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The Brothers Karamazov
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"Maybe my all-time favorite book. I lack the articulation to even say why, but it is deeply affecting. "
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rated it 5 stars
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The Stranger
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"Existentialism, yo. "
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Letters from a Stoic
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"Highlight: "On the shortness of life""
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Revolutionary Road
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"Still resonates more than 50 years after publication. "
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rated it 5 stars
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Tao Te Ching
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"Deceptively simple, powerful."
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Dune (Dune #1)
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"Fear is the mind killer, indeed. "
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rated it 5 stars
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A Far-Off Place
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"Evocative."
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The Quiet American
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"Makes you wistful for a place you've never even been to."
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The Hotel New Hampshire
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"Childhood. "
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The Road
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"A warning. "
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Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
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"Triumph of the human spirit. And, you know, cannibalism. "
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Silk
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"Sensuous. "
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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"The horror. "
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Birdsong
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"The horror, in more detail. "
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rated it 5 stars
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
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"Fascinating. "
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rated it 5 stars
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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"Surreal, evocative. "
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rated it 4 stars
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Kafka on the Shore
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"Murakami really stays with you. "
James
rated it 4 stars
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Life Itself
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"I was here once. I am here now. I will be here again. "
James
rated it 5 stars
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The Dog Stars
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"Close to perfect. "
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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"Empowering. "
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rated it 5 stars
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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"Quasimodo may be the least interesting part. "
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rated it 5 stars
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The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
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"What a storytelling opportunity. "
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Solaris
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"Still processing this one."
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Life
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"Keef tells it like it is."
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The Zen Commandments: Ten Suggestions for a Life of Inner Freedom.
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"Jargon-free."
James
rated it 5 stars
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Shogun (Asian Saga)
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"Epic, magnificent. "
James
rated it 5 stars
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11/22/63
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"Blew me away. "
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The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
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"Gripping. "
James
rated it 5 stars
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