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NOT From a Hat This Year

Three years ago, faced with an ever expanding collection of unread books, I decided on a strategy to curtail that problem. I randomly divided book names on slips, placed in several hats, to be drawn at random. I would allow myself no more purchases until I had finished three books from that years hat.
Was the strategy successful? Mostly, although each year there were always those impulse buys, those "have to read" loaned books from friends, and those gift books from fellow bookworms.
Now, I am mostly finished with those lists (no thanks to you, Mr Martin; more on that in a moment).
This years list took a few months to compile, and is based on a different method. This new method was devised in no small part by my weariness of waiting for the next installment of Mr Martin's GOT series, the anticipation of which thwarted the completion of my list each year. Participants on this site are clever; most of you should have no difficulty in discerning the impetus behind this years list.
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Alaska (James Michener)
Alaska
James Michener
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Blowout (Rachel Maddow)
Blowout
Rachel Maddow
3
Cymbeline (William Shakespeare)
Cymbeline
William Shakespeare
4
Deliverance
Deliverance
5
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
Tara Westover
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Fear (Bob Woodward)
Fear
Bob Woodward
7
Galapagos
Galapagos
8
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
Johanna Spyri
9
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
10
Jinxed (Carol Higgins Clark)
Jinxed
Carol Higgins Clark
11
Katy (Jacqueline Wilson)
Katy
Jacqueline Wilson
12
London
London
13
MacBeth
MacBeth
14
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
Joseph O'Neill
15
Oyster (Janette Turner Hospital)
Oyster
Janette Turner Hospital
16
Perestroika (Mikhail Gorbachev)
Perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev
17
Quicksand (Iris Johansen)
Quicksand
Iris Johansen
18
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
John Scalzi
19
Solitaire (Alice Oseman)
Solitaire
Alice Oseman
20
Texaco (Patrick Chamoiseau)
Texaco
patrick chamoiseau
21
Ulysses
Ulysses
22
Orlando
Orlando
23
Villette
Villette
24
Wonder
Wonder
25
Xanadu (Ed. Jane Yolen)
Xanadu
Ed. Jane Yolen
26
Yesterday (Haruki Murakami)
Yesterday
Haruki Murakami
27
Zeroville (Steve Erickson)
Zeroville
Steve Erickson
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