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Derek’s favorite books

The Gunslinger by Stephen King Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Song of Susannah by Stephen King Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
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The Dark Forest
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by Liu Cixin (Goodreads Author)
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read in March 2023
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Paradise Lost
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