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• Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

  Murakami, Haruki, 1949-,

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  The title is relatively long, but it sums up the whole story well. Tsukuru had four best friends at high school. Aside from him, their last names all contained a color. The two boys were called “Blue” and “Red”, while the girls’ names were “White”…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Men Without Women

  Stories

  Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

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  Murakami is a Japanese writer. Many of his books are a mix of fantasy and reality, which he uses to explore themes like loneliness, alienation and self-discovery in an interesting and imaginative way. Also, his works often include references to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Gatsby

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a 1925 novel capturing the carelessness and the cruelty of the wealthy during America’s Jazz Age. It depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway’s interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. Gatsby…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Man's Search for Meaning

  Frankl, Viktor E. (Viktor Emil), 1905-1997,

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  Viktor Frankl was not only an Austrian Neurologist and Psychiatrist, but also a Holocaust survivor. “Man's Search for Meaning” is a 1946 book describing his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps in the first section, and his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Hundred Years of Solitude

  García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014

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• Love in the Time of Cholera

  García Márquez, Gabriel, 1928-2014

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  “Love in the Time of Cholera” is a novel written in Spanish by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez and published in 1985. The settings, which takes place between the late 1870s and the early 1930s in an unnamed port city of South American…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being

  Kundera, Milan

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  This novel by Milan Kundera, first published in 1984 in English and French translations. Then in 1985, the work was released in the original Czech, but it was banned in Czechoslovakia until 1989. The story is set against the background of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Of Mice and Men

  Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968,

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  “Of Mice and Men” is a 1937 novella written by John Steinbeck. It narrates the experiences of George Milton, a smart but restless man, and Lennie Small, a bulky, strong but mentally challenged man. During the Great Depression in the United States,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fear

  Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm

  Nhất Hạnh, Thích.

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  Having heard numerous commendations about Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the most influential spiritual figures of our era, I decided to begin with his work Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm. In this book, he delved into the roots of our…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Devotion of Suspect X

  Higashino, Keigo, 1958-

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• Spy X Family. 1

  Endo, Tatsuya,

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  Spy × Family is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. In order to maintain the state of peace between the rival nations of Westalis and Ostania, a Westalian agent code-named “Twilight” is tasked with spying on the leader…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Attack on Titan. 1

  Isayama, Hajime, 1986-

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• Thinking About Thinking

  Impossible Thoughts and Complicated Feelings

  Snider, Grant

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• I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

  Snider, Grant,

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• Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs

  Carroll, Henry

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  A good option for beginning photographers

• The Boring Book

  Yoshitake, Shinsuke, 1973-

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  Yoshitake is my favorite picture book author!