To finish off the year, this week’s Inspired By comes from our account coordinator Sam Glover! Here are his top 5 picks for books he couldn’t put down:

The Lost World by Michael Crichton

Six years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, there are rumors that another site holds the secret of the dinosaurs.

Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

A satire chronicling English life, where all the characters have money but lack almost every other credential.

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Robert Langdon travels to the Vatican to analyze a cryptic symbol, uncovering a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

One of twelve tributes, Katniss Everdeen must compete in the ultimate survival competition and unknowingly triggers a revolution.

The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

A man convicted of murder lives in a prison brutally ruled by a sadistic warden and secretly run by a con running a money laundering scheme.

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