Favorite books from a reading life

Discover a curated list of favorite books from a lifetime of reading. Explore timeless classics, hidden gems, and transformative reads that inspire and captivate.

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The Magus

by John Fowles

The Magus is the story of Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman who accepts a teaching assignment on a remote Greek island. There his friendship with …
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All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

Character study of a Southern demagogue whose career follows in some respects as that of Huey Long.
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From Here to Eternity

by James Jones

Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's …
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

by John Le Carré

George Smiley is assigned to uncover the identity of the double agent operating in the highest levels of British intelligence.
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In Our Time

by Ernest Hemingway

THIS COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES AND VIGNETTES MARKED ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S AMERICAN DEBUT AND MADE HIM FAMOUS When In Our Time was published in 1925, it …
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The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler

The renowned novel from the crime fiction master, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe. • Featuring the iconic character that …
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