Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
The eyes of Heisenberg
Frank Herbert
Fist of God
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Interview with the vampire: a novel
Anne Rice
The Vampire Chronicles (1)
Summer of Night
Dan Simmons
The Hero of Ages
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Mistborn (3)
Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
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