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I just finished You Can't Win by Jack Black. Overall, I thought it was an excellent read. Great bird's eye view of the criminal underworld of the 19th/early 20th century. Now onto James by Percival Everett, I think that one should be good too, @Elodin .By the way, have you heard of his other book 'The Trees? I heard about it earlier and it sounds like it would be worth reading also.

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@Black_Swordsman I have not. I'll check it out. Thanks!

Finished Snakehead(Goodreads page), the fourth book in Peter May's «China Thrillers» series. While nowhere near as good as his «Lewis Trilogy», they are nonetheless an entertaining and easy read, and this entry is no exception. Moving the action from China to the USA for this novel hurts it somewhat, as what made this series somewhat different disappears to a degree, but it's still a good read and I gave it three and a half stars in my Goodreads review.

Next up is the new novel from Stuart Turton, The Last Murder at the End of the World (Goodreads page), not to be confused with the similarly named recent TV series.
Turton impressed me with his debut novel, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle* (Goodreads page) which I loved due to it being a fun twist of the Groundhog Day formula combined with a «murder in a mansion» mystery, so expectations for this new novel are high
(* was released as «7 Deaths [..]» in certain markets).

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Just finished The Horus Heresy: Fulgrim and have now begun First Heretic

@Elodin I finished James by Percival Everett. Thanks for the recommendation. I found it a thoroughly riveting and mind-expanding read, Gonna try Telephone, by the same author, at some point in the future, but onto a Jungian work of literature directly, The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies.

How is your Star Wars book coming along?

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I finished Jurassic Park, fantastic book, noticed while reading the book that the sequels have scenes from the book