Anyone have any good book recommendations?

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Fiction:
Where the Crawdads Sing, The Poet, Bluebird Bluebird, Lord of the Flies, 1984

Biography/Autobiography:
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (and the two sequels), Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Shoe Dog, Hillbilly Elegy

Other History:
A People’s History of the United States, Lies My Teacher Told Me

Business:
Final Accounting, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Purple Cow, Adaptive Markets

Sociology:
Outliers, Evicted

Science:
The Emperor of All Maladies, Sapiens, The Gene

Math:
How To Lie With Statistics, How Not To Be Wrong

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When breath becomes air

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Reading thru the Harry Potter series again. Reading the book - then watching the accompanying movie. Back to back you can see the small plot differences.

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Song of Achilles/Circe, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Shades of Grey

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Silent patient?

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What are you into ?

Well played Consultant 1 !!

Flowers for Algernon.

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Habits, if youre looking for a self-improvement but super interesting read

What are you looking for? Nonfiction or fiction? We need a bit more of a brief!

The Power of Habit
The 5 am Club

The beautiful and the damned, devil in the white city

Enjoy!!!

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