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The 10 Greatest Books Ever Written (And Why They Still Matter)
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13:46Now PlayingWhat are my top ten books of all time… and why?
It’s always hard to choose just ten books to call my “favorites,” but if I had to pick just ten, here are the books I believe to be the greatest literary creations of all time—and why you should read them, too!
In this video, I’m counting down the 10 greatest books of all time—the novels that most profoundly shaped the way I think about love, suffering, beauty, morality, ambition, and what it means to be human.
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