Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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I hope you brought the pitchfork sharpener! Today Ross is running down 10 of his most controversial book DNFs (i.e. books he did not finish). There are some Booktube darlings in here. I can almost guarantee at least one book on this list will make you angry.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Book 1
02:39 Book 2
03:35 Book 3
04:21 Book 4
05:46 Book 5
06:58 Empire of Silence Contest Info
07:35 Book 6
08:17 Book 7
09:08 Book 8
10:15 Book 9
11:09 Book 10
12:06 Outroduction

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