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The Lost Symbol

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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)

by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon

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Michael Chabon

“The fundamental truth: a baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day.”
― Michael Chabon, Summerland

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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books

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Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull

Creating Magic by Lee Cockerell

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Getting Things Done by David Allen

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Business, Cookbooks, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Self help, Suspense, Sports, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult

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