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Michael is Currently Reading

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The Pale Criminal (Bernie Gunther, #2)

by Philip Kerr

bookshelves: crime, series, currently-reading

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Jun 24, 2026 04:53PM

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Johnson at 10: The Inside Story

by Anthony Seldon

bookshelves: history-21st-century, history-political, history-political-uk, politics, politics-uk, currently-reading

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Jun 24, 2026 10:23AM

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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

by Robert A. Caro

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