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Here is a list of four books everyone should read this year:

Amazing animals: Katherine Rundell's The Golden Mole looks at 22 amazing animal species that are at risk of dying out.

Weathering war: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie follows five people trying to find safety during a war in West Africa in the 1960s.

Delightful diary: Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle, Cassandra Mortmain tells the reader about her life in a run-down castle. Things get interesting when a group of rich Americans neighbours arrive!

Imagining marvels: John Wyndham's story The Chrysalids is set in a future world that has faced nuclear war. When David Strorm and several other children discover they are telepathicAble to read the thoughts of another person. , they have to run away from their families.

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Is reading the deepest intellectual experience? 

Yes! Through the pages of a book, you can go anywhere in the world and live as any person. You will never be bored when you can find an adventure in the pages.

No! When you read, you are simply taking in the author's idea. Debating is much better because you have to think about your own thoughts and views too.