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All quiet on the western front by erich maria remarque, catch22 by joseph heller, slaughterhousefive by kurt vonnegut jr. It is a fact universally acknowledged that every list of great books must. Near impossible choice between this and pride and prejudice. Removed taming of the shrew and the three musketeers. The novel begins near the end of a 170year mission aboard a. North of all three regions is the great blight, a hostile wilderness inhabited by evil beings. This book has taken up almost all my head space the past few months. This book has been able to withstand the destruction of time. That was a waste of time though, it takes hours to get there and when you finally do, well, theres no room to do anything really, what with all the tents pitched. So, what are the dalai lamas teachings about happiness. Justin cronins trilogy the passage, the twelve and the city of mirrors, set in the nearfuture. Crawdads is a story lovingly toldone that takes its time in developing its characters. Then, take a closer look at the most horrifying arena in world war.
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