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Kyle Farnworth

NBMA / Author of WHALERS (2025) and MEDUSA (2026).

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"But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies."
— Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming

Authors I Love

Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Notable works: A Clean Well-Lighted Place, Hills Like White Elephants, Cat in the Rain
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John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Notable works: East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath
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Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt
Notable works: The Secret History, The Goldfinch
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Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
Notable works: Cats Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse-Five
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Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen
Notable works: Crossroads, The Corrections
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Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
Notable works: No Country for Old Men, Blood Meridian, The Road
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Want to Read (33 books)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
James Clavell
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The Dutch House
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
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Fly Stone, Fly
Fly Stone, Fly
Dust Kunkel
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The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
Helen DeWitt
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
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Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
David Foster Wallace
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The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson
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Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros
Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros
Tom Coyne
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The God of the Woods
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore
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North Woods
North Woods
Daniel Mason
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No One Aboard
No One Aboard
Emy McGuire
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The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Michelle McNamara
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The Tunnel
The Tunnel
William H. Gass
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Hunter S. Thompson
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Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann
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A Story of Yesterday
A Story of Yesterday
Sergio Cobo
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A Little Life
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
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Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid
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Deep Cuts
Deep Cuts
Holly Brickley
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Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Hwang Bo-Reum
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
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Train Dreams
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Larry McMurtry
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Richard Adams
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Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
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Crossroads
Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen
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Whalers: A Novel
Whalers: A Novel
Kyle Farnworth
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Martyr!
Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar
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The Brothers K
The Brothers K
David James Duncan
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East of Eden
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy
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The Secret History
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
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Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
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The Pearl
The Pearl
John Steinbeck
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
Stieg Larsson
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American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
Neil Gaiman
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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Stoner
Stoner
John Williams
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A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
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The Stranger
The Stranger
Albert Camus
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Suzanne Collins
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Mildred D. Taylor
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dnf (78 books)
The Trees
The Trees
Percival Everett
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Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
Ken Kesey
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The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
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Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
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Tomorrow I'll Be Dead: Fables
Tomorrow I'll Be Dead: Fables
Nick LeBlanc
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Piranesi
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
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The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)
Tana French
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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
Matt Dinniman
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The Walls Are Closing In On Us
The Walls Are Closing In On Us
Joshua Trent Brown
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The Slip
The Slip
Lucas Schaefer
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann
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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
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The Brothers K
The Brothers K
David James Duncan
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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Mildred D. Taylor
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The Secret History
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
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East of Eden
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
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TAKING A NAME: An Origin Story from the World of Skoldra
TAKING A NAME: An Origin Story from the World of Skoldra
Jasper Renwick
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Medusa: Or, Men Entombed in Winter
Medusa: Or, Men Entombed in Winter
Kyle Farnworth
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
James Clavell
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Train Dreams
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
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The Dutch House
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Larry McMurtry
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Fly Stone, Fly
Fly Stone, Fly
Dust Kunkel
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Did Not Finish (2 books)
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
Ken Kesey
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
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