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Raymond Walker Author Of Under Dark Skies

From Raymond's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Raymond Walker Why Raymond loves this book

The myth of "Circe" haunts the ancient world. This novel was a new beginning to a wonderful tale well told and written. I would recommend it.

By Madeline Miller ,

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54 authors picked Circe as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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The international Number One bestseller from the author of The Song of Achilles, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction

Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE.

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in the shadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. But Circe has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When her gift threatens…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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William O. Stephens Author Of Marcus Aurelius: A Guide for the Perplexed

From William's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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This gracefully written novel evoking Willa Cather's writing is a loving tale of baseball, the power of education, and agrarian life in Oklahoma.

By Randolph Feezell ,

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1 author picked Late Life as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Lizzie Ware's life revolves around family, Jesus, and Baseball. But when you're a small-town Oklahoma preacher's daughter in a pre-Title IX world, following your true calling isn't going to be easy. By drawing on inspiration from the Gospels of Walt Whitman, Bill Evans, and Mickey Mantle, however, Lizzie will find her way. Late Life is a gentle, nostalgic, coming-of-age story written in the style of a fictionalized, thoughtful memoir. In Late Life, Author Randolph Feezell's Cather-esque sensitivities will leave readers with an aching respect for the Great Plains of Lizzie's childhood, and a hankering to hear the crack of a…


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