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The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
The Strength of the Few is a more ambitious and more demanding sequel than its predecessor, and that ambition is both its greatest strength and its biggest hurdle. Where the first book allowed readers...
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The Butchers Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)
An absolutely wild, emotional, brutally brilliant ride The Butcher’s Masquerade somehow manages to raise the bar on a series that already lives on pure chaos, heart, and sweat-soaked hilarity. Book 5...
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The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
The Gate of the Feral Gods takes the Dungeon Crawler Carl series to new heights. It is intense, emotional, and wildly creative, packed with jaw-dropping twists and unforgettable moments. As Carl and D...
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American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
American Idolatry is a powerful, timely, and deeply faithful examination of how Christian nationalism distorts the message of Jesus and undermines the witness of the church. Andrew L. Whitehead approa...
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Carls Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario, the second book in Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series, builds perfectly on everything that made the first entry so addictive. The story ramps up the danger, the chao...
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler Carl was a wild ride, my first audiobook that actually clicked, and that alone made the experience memorable. The narration (by Jeff Hays) really brought the characters to life, especi...
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Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary is a triumph of science fiction. It is heart-pounding, mind-expanding, and surprisingly emotional. Andy Weir takes everything that made The Martian so beloved, including the humor, t...
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The Dungeon Anarchists Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)
The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, the third entry in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, absolutely delivers on the chaotic promise of its title. It is packed with high-stakes strategy, brutal comedy, an...
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The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic)
by Claudia Gray
The Fallen Star is a masterclass in tension, heartbreak, and character-driven storytelling. Claudia Gray takes the High Republic to its most emotional and devastating heights yet. From the first page...
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Light of the Jedi (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule is the first book in a brand-new era of Star Wars storytelling, set hundreds of years before the Skywalker saga. It drops us into a time when the Jedi and the Republ...
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Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3)
Onyx Storm is yet another exhilarating, poignant installment in the Empyrean series. Violet has never been more on a realistic trajectory as she faces losses and new discoveries kept from her, essenti...
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The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
The Well of Ascension is the rare sequel that doesn’t just continue a story, but deepens it, complicates it, and retroactively makes the first book better. After the explosive ending of The Final Empi...
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The Red Rising Saga
by Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown's Red Rising saga is nothing short of a masterpiece, an epic tale that combines the pulse-pounding action of a sci-fi thriller with the poignant introspection of a character-driven drama....
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2)
Iron Flame picks up immediately where Fourth Wing left off, and Rebecca Yarros wastes no time throwing the reader back into Basgiath’s brutal rhythms. The stakes are higher, the secrets heavier, and t...
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Reign of The Empire: The Mask of Fear
The Mask of Fear is a gripping and ambitious entry into the Star Wars canon, set in the tumultuous period between Revenge of the Sith and Andor. This first installment of the Reign of the Empire trilo...
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn: The Final Empire is a masterclass in worldbuilding, magic systems, and character development, delivering an epic fantasy experience that lingers long after the final page...
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
by Maxwell King
The Good Neighbor is a heartwarming and inspiring read that captures the essence of a truly remarkable life, offering lessons in empathy and human connection that resonate far beyond the world of chil...
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Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead is a masterpiece of contemporary American literature. It is a work of extraordinary spiritual and emotional depth, offering a tender exploration of mortality, faith, and the beauty of ordinary ...
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The Mercy of Gods
Let me start by saying that I have never read a book by James S.A. Corey before, nor by either of the authors who write under that pen name. I know of their previous series, The Expanse, and have only...
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The Will of The Many
I stumbled across The Will of the Many around Christmas 2023, while lining up my TBR for 2024. It made the list, but when the new year started, I dove headfirst into the Red Rising saga, becoming inst...
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The Anti-Greed Gospel
This is a transformative read that challenges long-held assumptions about wealth, race, and the role of the Church in addressing systemic injustice. This book is a prophetic call for a radical shift i...
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Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
by Pierce Brown
Light Bringer by Pierce Brown is a powerful entry in the series, blending the emotional weight of past choices with explosive action and political intrigue. The characters are more layered than ever, ...
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Dark Age (Red Rising Saga #5)
by Pierce Brown
Dark Age by Pierce Brown delivers a dark and intense chapter in the Red Rising series. The story plunges deeper into chaos and conflict, with characters facing brutal challenges and moral dilemmas. Br...
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Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by Pierce Brown
Absolutely loved it. Great follow-up to Red Rising which really increases the scope of the story. I was already hooked after the first, but now I'm not going to be able to stop until I consume everyth...
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Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4)
by Pierce Brown
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown is a thrilling continuation of the Red Rising saga. The story expands the universe with multiple perspectives, adding depth and complexity to the characters and plot. Brown’s...
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Morning Star (Red Rising, #3)
by Pierce Brown
What a satisfying conclusion to the first Red Rising trilogy. Almost makes me not want to read the follow up series because of how great this ending was....
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by Pierce Brown
Absolutely loved this story. The characters, the plot, the set up for future books. Fantastic....
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1)
Fourth Wing surprised me. As someone who doesn’t usually gravitate toward romance-heavy stories, I went in expecting solid worldbuilding and dragons, with the romantic elements as background noise. Wh...
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The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by R.F. Kuang
I support women’s rights, but not importantly… I support women’s wrongs....
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Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch is a thrilling science fiction novel that explores the concept of multiple universes and the consequences of a single decision. It's a rollercoaster of a ride that will lea...
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Recursion
by Blake Crouch
One of my goals for 2023 is to read more books, specifically fiction. I usually end up reading a few theology books every year, and enough podcasts that surely they count for a few audio books. But I ...
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