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Books mentioned in this episode:

A New Humanism by Daisaku Ikeda
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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780394820378

Candide by Voltaire
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781513264905

Into that Darkness by Gita Sereny
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780394710358

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
amzn.to/4jzS9F6
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143131847

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780393355949

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
amzn.to/4kRp4WP
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780345391803

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
amzn.to/3ZhmDVk
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781439195260

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802145314

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780385494786

The White Spider by Henrich Heirer
amzn.to/43P6oA7
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780874779400