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Books mentioned in this episode

Europe Central by William Vollmann
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143036593

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316074223

Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781941920046

The Villains Dance by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781646051274

A Table for Fortune by William T. Vollmann
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781648211881

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141441672

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140186390

Beloved by Toni Morrison
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780525659273

After the First Death by Robert Cormier
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780440208358

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780375829871

I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780375840395

Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316769488

Tunes for Bears to Dance to by Robert Cormier
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780440219033

Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780553383683

The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
amzn.to/47TWJKF
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780887307287

1984 by George Orwell

Brave New World by Alduous Huxley

The Paint Bird by Jerzy Kosinski

Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning
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Rejection Proof by Jia Jang
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The Bridge at No Gun Ri
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The Recognitions by William Gaddis
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