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My Second Top 5 on top 50

recommended by RUMAN NEUPANE Author of Who Will Bury The Dead God

recommended by RUMAN NEUPANE Author of Who Will Bury The Dead God

  • 1

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    The Night of the Gun: A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own.
    by David Carr

  • 2

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    White Album (FSG Classics)
    by Joan Didion

  • 3

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    Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling With D.H. Lawrence
    by Geoff Dyer

  • 4

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    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
    by Oliver Sacks

  • 5

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    The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner
    by Joan Didion

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