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Jack Hilton - A story of men and women lost, wandering – and angrily dreaming...
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Bryan R Johnson - Zero was the first individual H. sapiens to surpass five...
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Seong-nan Ha - Here, things almost happen and the weight of their almost...
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Yordan Radichkov - Under the disguise of something “for children and for...
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Candice Wuehle - a humorous novel based on a popular '90s-era conspiracy...
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Francesco Colonna - weird, erotic, allegorical antiquarian tale.
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Max Brod - Schloss Nornepygge, published in 1908, was hailed as "the most...
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Sophia Terazawa - a story of Lua Mater, an obscure Roman goddess who...
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Sophie Kemp - A hilarious, surreal, and devastating journey into the mind of...
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