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Reading Babel in a candlelit library is not a recommendation, it is a requirement.
Babel
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Babel
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.

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The quiet revenge of Stoner
A novel about an unremarkable life keeps outselling the year’s blockbusters.
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I have read this three times and I still cannot describe the plot without sounding unwell. That is the point.
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The Dispossessed4.3
The Dispossessed
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Stoner is not boring. You are boring. (Affectionately.)

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