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My Favorite Books

Daniel Verastiqui

Sep 25, 2024

In no particular order except for Replay, which is my favorite all-time.

Replay, Ken Grimwood
Neuromancer, William Gibson
Altered Carbon, Richard K. Morgan
House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
A Scanner Darkly, Philip K. Dick
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
1984, George Orwell
Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
Dune, Frank Herbert
Wayward Pines, Blake Crouch
Daemon, Daniel Suarez
Providence, Max Barry
Night Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko

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