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Jo Nesbo recommended Ham on Rye in Books (curated)

 
Ham on Rye
Ham on Rye
Charles Bukowski, Roddy Doyle | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I read this as a young student, and I thought you had to be me or one of my friends to appreciate the raw humor and sweet sadness. So I was surprised when my father picked up my book when I was home for summer holiday, and I saw him sitting in his reading chair, laughing out loud. It’s a bit like your parents copying your playlist and actually digging it; you're not sure whether you should feel invaded or proud."

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Martin Luther King Jr. recommended Civil Disobedience and Other Essays in Books (curated)

 
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Henry David Thoreau | 2005
7.0 (2 Ratings)
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"During my student days I read Henry David Thoreau’s essay On Civil Disobedience for the first time. Here, in this courageous New Englander’s refusal to pay his taxes and his choice of jail rather than support a war that would spread slavery’s territory into Mexico, I made my first contact with the theory of nonviolent resistance. Fascinated by the idea of refusing to cooperate with an evil system, I was so deeply moved that I reread the work several times."

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Talia Jackson recommended Getting Schooled in Books (curated)

 
Getting Schooled
Getting Schooled
Christina C Jones | 2016 | Romance
(0 Ratings)
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"I revisit this book all the time because it’s so laugh-out-loud funny and stars two totally unique main characters. A grad assistant heroine trying to move on from the past finds herself at odds with a stubborn, ex-army student. (He’s also an amputee, and I love seeing disabled main characters in romance.) Their enemies-to-lovers snark has me screaming every time. And when they finally do get together…whew. Approach with caution and consider wearing heat-resistant equipment." """

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Claire Danes recommended Anagrams in Books (curated)

 
Anagrams
Anagrams
Lorrie Moore | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Moore is completely unsentimental but able to stir enormous feelings in the reader, or, certainly, in me. Her style is so original: The way this book is structured, the narrative is like an anagram. It begins with Benna, a singer, and her neighbor Gerard. The characters in each succeeding chapter have the same names, but they're different people. In one, she's a schoolteacher and he's a graduate student. I've never read a book where the identity is the same but always changing."

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