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Along Came a Spider

James Patterson

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Mentioned in 318: With Great Power.

An American Summer

Alex Kotlowitz

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Mentioned in 318: With Great Power.

Architectural Digest

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Mentioned in 208: Office Politics.

Beast Friends Forever

Rachel Kong

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Mentioned in 887: Two Is One, One Is None!.

Beware of God

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Cat and Mouse

James Patterson

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Difficult Men, Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution

Brad Martin

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Mentioned in 628: In the Shadow of the City.

Dostoevsky

Joseph Frank

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Fe is Fe

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For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising

Fatemeh Jamalpour, Nilo Tabrizy

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Mentioned in 886: Blackout.

Fraud

David Rakoff

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How to Change

Katie Milkman

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Mentioned in 466: Blackjack.

How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Katy Milkman

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Italian Vogue

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Keys to the City

Joe Kossman

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Mentioned in 75: Kindness of Strangers.

Martha Stewart Living

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My Dear You

Rachel Kong

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Native Son

Richard Wright

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Newsweek

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Nothing to See Here

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Mentioned in 605: Kid Logic.

People

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Playboy

Drew Barrymore

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Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

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Sidewalk

Mitch Denier

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Sports Illustrated

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The 21st Century Card Counter

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The Babysitter's Club

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The Inequality Machine

Paul Toffoli

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The New Yorker

Pauline Kael

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The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

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The Scientist in the Crib

Alison Gopnik

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Tolkien

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Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Vibe

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Vogue

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Werewolves and Their Youth

Michael Chabon

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Mentioned in 605: Kid Logic.

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