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   * [[wp>If We're So In Love Why Aren't We Happy?]] by [[wp>​Susan Page]] (May 2005)   * [[wp>If We're So In Love Why Aren't We Happy?]] by [[wp>​Susan Page]] (May 2005)
   * [[wp>The Illuminatus! Trilogy]] by [[wp>​multi multi]] (Mar 2004)   * [[wp>The Illuminatus! Trilogy]] by [[wp>​multi multi]] (Mar 2004)
 +  * [[wp>The Importance of Being Earnest]] by [[wp>​Oscar Wilde]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) and of course, I'd been meaning to read this one especially
   * [[wp>In The Balance]] by [[wp>​Harry Turtledove]] (Sep 2010)   * [[wp>In The Balance]] by [[wp>​Harry Turtledove]] (Sep 2010)
   * [[wp>The King Beyond The Gate]] by [[wp>​David Gemmell]] (Sep 2010)   * [[wp>The King Beyond The Gate]] by [[wp>​David Gemmell]] (Sep 2010)
   * [[wp>The Last Wish]] by [[wp>A Sapkowski]] (Sep 2010)   * [[wp>The Last Wish]] by [[wp>A Sapkowski]] (Sep 2010)
-  * [[wp>​Making History]] by [[wp>​Stephen Fry]] - Gift from my sister, Dec 2011. (Dec 2005)+  ​* [[wp>The Little Prince]] by [[wp>​Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) and it's a classic I always meant to read 
 +  ​* [[wp>​Making History]] by [[wp>​Stephen Fry]] - Gift from my sister, Dec 2011. (Dec 2005)] 
 +  * [[wp>​Man'​s Search for Meaning]] by [[wp>​Viktor Frankl]] ​ - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) 
 +  * [[wp>The Martian Chronicles]] by [[wp>Ray Bradbury]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) 
 +  * [[wp>​Notes from Underground]] by [[wp>​Fyodor Dostoevsky]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020)
   * [[wp>The Nudist on the Late Shift]] by [[wp>Po Bronson]] (May 2003)   * [[wp>The Nudist on the Late Shift]] by [[wp>Po Bronson]] (May 2003)
   * [[wp>​Pride and Prejudice]] by [[wp>​Jane Austen]] (Sep 2011)   * [[wp>​Pride and Prejudice]] by [[wp>​Jane Austen]] (Sep 2011)
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   * [[wp>​1Q84]] by [[wp>​Haruki Murakami]] - Characters slipping between parallel universes with subtle differences. ​ Sounds interesting. (Jan 2012)   * [[wp>​1Q84]] by [[wp>​Haruki Murakami]] - Characters slipping between parallel universes with subtle differences. ​ Sounds interesting. (Jan 2012)
   * [[wp>​Amusing Ourselves to Death]] by [[wp>​Neil Postman]] - http://​i.imgur.com/​qdg3v.jpg - this made me want to read it. (Jun 2012)   * [[wp>​Amusing Ourselves to Death]] by [[wp>​Neil Postman]] - http://​i.imgur.com/​qdg3v.jpg - this made me want to read it. (Jun 2012)
 +  * [[wp>​Ancillary Justice]] by [[wp>Ann Leckie]] - recommended at a sci-fi bookgroup (6 Dec 2019)
   * [[wp>​Antarctica]] by [[wp>Kim Stanley Robinson]] - Set in McMurdo base, same as The Thing, might be interesting,​ though I did find his Mars trilogy quite tough to read. (Sep 2012)   * [[wp>​Antarctica]] by [[wp>Kim Stanley Robinson]] - Set in McMurdo base, same as The Thing, might be interesting,​ though I did find his Mars trilogy quite tough to read. (Sep 2012)
   * [[wp>​Blindness]] by [[wp>​Jose Saramago]] (Apr 2011)   * [[wp>​Blindness]] by [[wp>​Jose Saramago]] (Apr 2011)
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   * [[wp>The Hot Zone]] by [[wp>​Richard Preston]] - Sounds interesting. (Dec 2010)   * [[wp>The Hot Zone]] by [[wp>​Richard Preston]] - Sounds interesting. (Dec 2010)
   * [[wp>The Internet is a Playground]] by [[wp>​David Thorne]] (Nov 2010)   * [[wp>The Internet is a Playground]] by [[wp>​David Thorne]] (Nov 2010)
 +  * [[wp>​Jonathan Livingston Seagull]] by [[wp>​Richard Bach]] - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020)
   * [[wp>​Letter to a Christian Nation]] by [[wp>Sam Harris]] (Feb 2012)   * [[wp>​Letter to a Christian Nation]] by [[wp>Sam Harris]] (Feb 2012)
   * [[wp>​Lost Boys]] by [[wp>​Scott Orson Card]] - The climax was mentioned on xkcd.  Sounds interesting. (Jul 2011)   * [[wp>​Lost Boys]] by [[wp>​Scott Orson Card]] - The climax was mentioned on xkcd.  Sounds interesting. (Jul 2011)
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