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Nov 2024
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Our Biggest GREEN FLAGS in Books!

Life On Books
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A few we episodes ago, we discussed the things in books (and the book community) that give us pause, and make us shy away from certain books. Today, we're going to be covering our GREEN FLAGS in books...the things that when we see it, we get excited about, or become inclined to pick up and read. As always, please share YOUR green flags down below! Join our Book Club: www.patreon.com/lifeonbooks Books mentioned in this episode The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresan https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940... or https://amzn.to/4g280et The Tunnel By William H. Gass https://amzn.to/48YmiKF Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781400... Or https://amzn.to/3Zhs5HS Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143... Or https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143... Every Arc Bends is Radian by Sergio De La Pava https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781668... Or https://amzn.to/4eH43dR Why This World by Benjamin Moser https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780199... Or https://amzn.to/4fUTPaT Omensetter’s Luck by William H. Gass https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141... Or https://amzn.to/3AIm2D1 Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143... Or https://amzn.to/3OkDZL2 The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati (AKA The Stronghold) https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781841... Or https://amzn.to/4eGcVAG Fulgentius by Cesar Aira https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811... Or https://amzn.to/3CxTBYL Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316... Or https://amzn.to/4fCY0sc Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780812... Or https://amzn.to/3B5zalw Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781646... Or https://amzn.to/3OjzekH The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140... Or https://amzn.to/3Zh01nY Pay as you Go by Eskor David Johnson https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781952... Or https://amzn.to/4fBWhDz Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590... Or https://amzn.to/4fy8GrY The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel

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