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Noname's Books


These are the books I've been reading. Clicking on the title will take you to a review. 

Happy reading!


October 2017

Not Quite Dead Enough (Nero Wolfe, #10)
(Nero Wolfe #10)
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October 2017


The Ugly Duckling
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October 2017


Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)
(Robert Langdon #5)
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October 2017


Lightfoot
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October 2017


Before You Wake: Three Horrors
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October 2017

Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon
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October 2017


What Happened
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September 2017

Black Orchids (Nero Wolfe, #9)
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September 2017
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
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September 2017

Rules of Civility
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September 2017
Mississippi Blood (Penn Cage, #6)



September 2017
The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1)

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August 2017


Total Control
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August 2017
Burning Bright (Peter Ash, #2)
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August 2017

A Gentleman in Moscow
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August 2017


Absolute Power
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July 2017

I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1)
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July 2017


Gimme a Show! 50 Years on the Rock & Rollercoaster: An Unauthorized Biography of JAMES PANKOW, Trombonist With CHICAGO
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July 2017


Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
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July 2017


How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music
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July 2017


Money for Nothing: A History of the Music Video from the Beatles to the White Stripes
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July 2017

Desperate Networks
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June 2017


Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade
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June 2017

Since We Fell
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June 2017

The Thirst (Harry Hole, #11)
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June 2017



The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
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April 2017

Harry Bosch #21
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March 2017

Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane

Prayers For Rain
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February 2017



Nero Wolfe #4
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February 2017


Nero Wolfe #3
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January 2017


The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

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                                                          Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout

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January 2017


Mr. Tambourine Man by John Einarson

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January 2017
Dangerously Funny by David Bianculli

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January 2017
For What It's Worth by John Einarson

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January 2017
Powerhouse by James Andrew Miller

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January 2017


A Perfect Spy by John le Carré

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December 2016

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Robbie Robertson
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7th and Final Book in the Clifton Chronicles
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Inspector Rebus #21
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October 2016

St Lucia's Day & Other Stories
Michael Whiteman-Jones
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Born to Run

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Harry Hole Three Book Bundle
The Snowman
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Phantom
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The Leopard
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Neil Stephenson
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S.J. Watson
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Lee Child
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November 2014

A Stained White Radiance
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