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1. The Power Broker

   Have you seen the size of this thing? It's over 1300 pages long. That is more than the first three Harry Potter books put together. Which I also haven't read.

2. Catch-22

   It's about some rule.

3. Vellum

   I may have to create a new category for this kind of book: Books I'm Not Sure I Started.

4. The Secret History of the World

   It may come as a shock to some that Christianity has roots in older traditions, or that many cultures share similar stories.

5. The Talented Miss Highsmith

   I remember how exciting it was to read The Talented Mr. Ripley some years ago. This isn't about that.

6. Wetlands

   The book opens with "As far back as I can remember, I've had hemorrhoids."

7. Finding Oz

   L. Frank Baum worried that his first name, Lyman, made him sound untrustworthy and chose instead to use his "more honest sounding" middle name.

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