--- a/data/json/itemgroups/books.json
+++ b/data/json/itemgroups/books.json
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@
       { "item": "novel_swash", "prob": 14 },
       { "item": "novel_western", "prob": 22 },
       { "item": "novel_war", "prob": 20 },
-      { "item": "novel_war2", "prob": 20 },
       { "item": "novel_adventure", "prob": 14 },
       { "item": "novel_experimental", "prob": 1 },
       { "item": "novel_road", "prob": 10 },
@@ -197,9 +196,7 @@
       { "item": "novel_pulp", "prob": 16 },
       { "item": "novel_thriller", "prob": 18 },
       { "item": "novel_coa", "prob": 5 },
-      { "item": "novel_coa2", "prob": 5 },
       { "item": "novel_crime", "prob": 20 },
-      { "item": "novel_crime2", "prob": 20 },
       { "item": "novel_horror", "prob": 18 },
       { "item": "novel_tragedy", "prob": 8 },
       { "item": "survnote", "prob": 1 }
@@ -226,7 +223,6 @@
       { "item": "story_book", "prob": 4 },
       { "item": "fairy_tales", "prob": 10 },
       { "item": "novel_coa", "prob": 10 },
-      { "item": "novel_coa2", "prob": 10 },
       { "item": "child_book", "prob": 50 },
       { "item": "manual_dodge_kid", "prob": 20 },
       { "item": "mag_comic", "prob": 20 }

--- a/data/json/items/book/bloat.json
+++ b/data/json/items/book/bloat.json
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+[
+  {
+    "id": "mycenacean_hymns",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Mycenacean Hymns", "str_pl": "copies of Mycenacean Hymns" },
+    "description": "A vellum book containing the hymns central to Marloss faith.  As the verses lead to each other, the text sings of unity and promised paradise.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_bible2",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Eastern Orthodox Bible", "str_pl": "copies of Eastern Orthodox Bible" },
+    "description": "An English copy of the Eastern Orthodox translation of The Holy Bible.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_bible3",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Gideon Bible", "str_pl": "copies of Gideon Bible" },
+    "description": "An English translation of the Christian Bible, distributed free of charge by Gideons International.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_granth",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Guru Granth Sahib", "str_pl": "copies of The Guru Granth Sahib" },
+    "description": "A single-volume copy of the central religious texts of Sikhism.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_hadith",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Hadith", "str_pl": "copies of Hadith" },
+    "description": "A Muslim religious text containing an account of the sayings and actions of the prophet Muhammad.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_kallisti",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Principia Discordia", "str_pl": "copies of Principia Discordia" },
+    "description": "A book that embodies the main beliefs of Discordianism.  It seems to primarily concern chaos, and features a card in the back which informs you that you are now a 'genuine and authorized Pope of Discordia'.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_kojiki",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Kojiki", "str_pl": "copies of The Kojiki" },
+    "description": "The oldest extant chronicle of Japan's myths and history, the stories contained in the Kojiki are part of the inspiration behind Shinto practices.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_mormon",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Book of Mormon", "str_pl": "copies of The Book of Mormon" },
+    "description": "The sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement of Christianity, originally published in 1830 by Joseph Smith.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_pastafarian",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": {
+      "str": "The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster",
+      "str_pl": "copies of The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster"
+    },
+    "description": "A book that embodies the main beliefs of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.  It seems to involve a lot of pirates and some sort of invisible drunken monster made of pasta.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_quran",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Quran", "str_pl": "copies of Quran" },
+    "description": "An English translation of the Muslim book of holy scriptures, with explanatory notes and commentaries to aid in understanding.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_scientology",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Dianetics", "str_pl": "copies of Dianetics" },
+    "description": "This book is the canonical text of Scientology.  Written by a science fiction author, it contains self-improvement techniques and musings on psychology called Dianetics.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_slack",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Book of the SubGenius", "str_pl": "copies of The Book of the SubGenius" },
+    "description": "A book about the Church of the SubGenius.  It seems to involve a salesman named J. R. \"Bob\" Dobbs and a concept called 'slack'.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_sutras",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Sutras of the Buddha", "str_pl": "copies of The Sutras of the Buddha" },
+    "description": "A collection of discourses attributed to the Buddha and his close disciples.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_talmud",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Talmud", "str_pl": "copies of Talmud" },
+    "description": "One of the central texts of Rabbinic Judaism, the Talmud expounds upon the Hebrew Bible with teachings and opinions of thousands of rabbis.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_tanakh",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Tanakh", "str_pl": "copies of Tanakh" },
+    "description": "A single-volume book containing the complete canon of the Jewish Bible.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_tripitaka",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Tripitaka", "str_pl": "copies of The Tripitaka" },
+    "description": "A collection of sacred Buddhist writings describing their canons of scriptures.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_upanishads",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Upanishads", "str_pl": "copies of The Upanishads" },
+    "description": "A collection of sacred Hindu writings regarding the nature of reality and describing the character and form of human salvation.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_vedas",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Four Vedas", "str_pl": "copies of The Four Vedas" },
+    "description": "A single volume containing all four Vedas, which are the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_satanic",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Satanic Bible", "str_pl": "copies of The Satanic Bible" },
+    "description": "A collection of essays, observations, and rituals published by Anton LaVey in 1969.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "holybook_havamal",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Hávamál", "str_pl": "copies of Hávamál" },
+    "description": "An English translation of several Old Norse poems.  The poems contain proverbs and stories attributed to the god Odin, many transcribed from oral history.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "priest_diary",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "priest's diary", "str_pl": "priests' diaries" },
+    "description": "A small book filled with journal entries in Latin.",
+    "copy-from": "holybook_bible1",
+    "price": 1500,
+    "fun": -1
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "guidebook",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cataclysm", "str_pl": "copies of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cataclysm" },
+    "description": "Inscribed on the cover in large, friendly letters, is the message \"Don't Panic\".",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
+    "price": 4200
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "novel_crime_murdergrape",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Murdered by the Grapevine", "str_pl": "copies of Murdered by the Grapevine" },
+    "description": "This cheap paperback tells the story of a mob boss done in by mere suspicion.  She never breaks a confidence, never rats out an accomplice, and never turns her back on a friend.  Nonetheless her grip on the reigns of the underworld is eroded by rumor and paranoia.",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "novel_spy_comefly",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Come Fly the Treacherous Skies", "str_pl": "copies of Come Fly the Treacherous Skies" },
+    "description": "This tale of intrigue betrays the story of a debonair mechanic driven by a lust for revenge.  As she uncovers a sophisticated network of amateur pilots turned smugglers, the good guys and the bad guys begin to all look the same.",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "novel_spy_rocketsci",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Lies, Damn Lies, and Rocket Science", "str_pl": "copies of Lies, Damn Lies, and Rocket Science" },
+    "description": "This spy novel tells the story of a jaded rocket scientist looking for redemption in all the wrong places.  As selling state secrets becomes her career, she learns there isn't much of difference between a double-agent and a triple-agent.",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "visions_solitude",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Visions in Solitude", "str_pl": "copies of Visions in Solitude" },
+    "description": "A small book detailing 'visions' a prisoner had on death row.",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
+    "price": 2900
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "ZSG",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "Zombie Survival Guide", "str_pl": "copies of Zombie Survival Guide" },
+    "description": "While this seems like it would be very useful in this situation, the sheer amount of misinformation present makes it practically useless.",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
+    "price": 1290
+  }
+]

--- a/data/json/items/book/misc.json
+++ b/data/json/items/book/misc.json
@@ -4,36 +4,46 @@
     "type": "BOOK",
     "name": { "str": "paperback abstract" },
     "description": "An ordinary paperback book.  Or is it?  It is.",
-    "weight": "371 g",
-    "volume": "700 ml",
+    "weight": "400 g",
+    "volume": "750 ml",
     "price": 750,
     "price_postapoc": 50,
     "material": [ "paper" ],
+    "bashing": 5,
+    "intelligence": 6,
     "symbol": "?",
     "looks_like": "story_book",
     "color": "light_cyan",
     "flags": [ "TINDER", "FLAMMABLE" ],
+    "time": "40 m",
+    "fun": 2
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "mag_comic",
+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "comic book" },
+    "description": "A super-hero comic.",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
+    "weight": "60 g",
+    "volume": "200 ml",
+    "price": 300,
+    "bashing": 1,
     "intelligence": 4,
     "time": "15 m",
-    "chapters": 16,
-    "fun": 2
+    "fun": 1
   },
   {
-    "id": "ZSG",
+    "id": "holybook_bible1",
     "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "Zombie Survival Guide", "str_pl": "copies of Zombie Survival Guide" },
-    "description": "While this seems like it would be very useful in this situation, the sheer amount of misinformation present makes it practically useless.",
-    "weight": "227 g",
-    "volume": "1 L",
-    "price": 1290,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "green",
+    "name": { "str": "King James Bible", "str_pl": "copies of King James Bible" },
+    "description": "An English translation of the Christian Bible, which originated in England in the early 1600s.",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
+    "price": 550,
+    "color": "dark_gray",
+    "time": "40 m",
     "intelligence": 7,
-    "time": "18 m",
-    "chapters": 28,
-    "fun": 2
+    "fun": 1,
+    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
   },
   {
     "id": "black_box_transcript",
@@ -41,32 +51,18 @@
     "name": { "str": "black box transcript" },
     "//": "ooh, military records, probably Classified!",
     "description": "A full flight log for a military aircraft.  Nothing of interest stands out.",
-    "weight": "566 g",
-    "volume": "1250 ml",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
     "price": 5000,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "bashing": 5,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
     "color": "light_green",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "30 m",
-    "fun": -1
+    "fun": -2
   },
   {
     "id": "child_book",
     "type": "BOOK",
     "name": { "str": "children's book" },
     "description": "A little book for little readers.  The colorful cartoon characters and sweet stories contained herein belong to a different time, before the dead walked and the world moved on.",
-    "weight": "52 g",
-    "volume": "250 ml",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
     "price": 550,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "light_cyan",
-    "time": "4 m",
-    "chapters": 4,
     "fun": 1
   },
   {
@@ -74,66 +70,33 @@
     "type": "BOOK",
     "name": { "str_sp": "Ranch Prospectus" },
     "description": "A short paper of the economic viability of constructing an agricultural outpost.",
-    "weight": "1 g",
-    "volume": "250 ml",
-    "price": 3000,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "bashing": 1,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "light_cyan",
-    "intelligence": 5,
-    "time": "10 m"
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
+    "price": 3000
   },
   {
     "id": "decoy_elfa",
     "type": "BOOK",
     "name": { "str": "standpipe maintenance log" },
     "description": "This binder details the scheduled maintenance for several plumbing systems throughout the facility.",
-    "weight": "400 g",
-    "volume": "750 ml",
+    "copy-from": "black_box_transcript",
     "price": 400,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper", "plastic" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "light_green",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "45 m",
-    "fun": -2
+    "material": [ "paper", "plastic" ]
   },
   {
     "id": "essay_book",
     "type": "BOOK",
     "name": { "str": "book of essays", "str_pl": "books of essays" },
     "description": "A collection of essays by various authors from around the world, including works by Churchill, Mailer, Eco, and Voltaire.",
-    "weight": "700 g",
-    "volume": "750 ml",
-    "price": 1250,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "light_blue",
-    "intelligence": 10,
-    "time": "26 m",
-    "chapters": 40,
-    "fun": 3
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
+    "price": 1250
   },
   {
     "id": "fairy_tales",
     "type": "BOOK",
     "name": { "str": "book of fairy tales", "str_pl": "books of fairy tales" },
     "description": "An amusing collection of folklore featuring the usual cast of fairies, goblins, and trolls.",
-    "weight": "410 g",
-    "volume": "750 ml",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
     "price": 950,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "light_blue",
-    "intelligence": 6,
-    "time": "18 m",
-    "chapters": 24,
-    "fun": 3,
     "//": "The ids below represent the Aarne-Thompson System of folklore classification.  Do not change.",
     "snippet_category": [
       {
@@ -217,465 +180,53 @@
     ]
   },
   {
-    "id": "guidebook",
-    "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cataclysm", "str_pl": "copies of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cataclysm" },
-    "description": "Inscribed on the cover in large, friendly letters, is the message \"Don't Panic\".",
-    "weight": "1764 g",
-    "volume": "1 L",
-    "price": 88200,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "bashing": 2,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "green",
-    "intelligence": 3,
-    "time": "1 m"
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "mycenacean_hymns",
-    "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "Mycenacean Hymns", "str_pl": "copies of Mycenacean Hymns" },
-    "description": "A vellum book containing the hymns central to Marloss faith.  As the verses lead to each other, the text sings of unity and promised paradise.",
-    "weight": "368 g",
-    "volume": "1 L",
-    "price": 550,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "cyan",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "10 m",
-    "fun": 1,
-    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "holybook_bible1",
-    "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "King James Bible", "str_pl": "copies of King James Bible" },
-    "description": "An English translation of the Christian Bible, which originated in England in the early 1600s.",
-    "weight": "368 g",
-    "volume": "1 L",
-    "price": 550,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "dark_gray",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "10 m",
-    "fun": 1,
-    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "holybook_bible2",
-    "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "Eastern Orthodox Bible", "str_pl": "copies of Eastern Orthodox Bible" },
-    "description": "An English copy of the Eastern Orthodox translation of The Holy Bible.",
-    "weight": "428 g",
-    "volume": "1250 ml",
-    "price": 550,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "dark_gray",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "10 m",
-    "fun": 1,
-    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "holybook_bible3",
-    "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "Gideon Bible", "str_pl": "copies of Gideon Bible" },
-    "description": "An English translation of the Christian Bible, distributed free of charge by Gideons International.",
-    "weight": "368 g",
-    "volume": "1 L",
-    "price": 550,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "dark_gray",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "10 m",
-    "fun": 1,
-    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "holybook_granth",
-    "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "The Guru Granth Sahib", "str_pl": "copies of The Guru Granth Sahib" },
-    "description": "A single-volume copy of the central religious texts of Sikhism.",
-    "weight": "590 g",
-    "volume": "1 L",
-    "price": 550,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "dark_gray",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "10 m",
-    "fun": 1,
-    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "holybook_hadith",
-    "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "Hadith", "str_pl": "copies of Hadith" },
-    "description": "A Muslim religious text containing an account of the sayings and actions of the prophet Muhammad.",
-    "weight": "398 g",
-    "volume": "500 ml",
-    "price": 550,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "dark_gray",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "10 m",
-    "fun": 1,
-    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "holybook_kallisti",
-    "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "Principia Discordia", "str_pl": "copies of Principia Discordia" },
-    "description": "A book that embodies the main beliefs of Discordianism.  It seems to primarily concern chaos, and features a card in the back which informs you that you are now a 'genuine and authorized Pope of Discordia'.",
-    "weight": "292 g",
-    "volume": "150 ml",
-    "price": 550,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "dark_gray",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "10 m",
-    "fun": 1,
-    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "holybook_kojiki",
-    "type": "BOOK",
-    "name": { "str": "The Kojiki", "str_pl": "copies of The Kojiki" },
-    "description": "The oldest extant chronicle of Japan's myths and history, the stories contained in the Kojiki are part of the inspiration behind Shinto practices.",
-    "weight": "368 g",
-    "volume": "600 ml",
-    "price": 550,
-    "price_postapoc": 50,
-    "material": [ "paper" ],
-    "symbol": "?",
-    "color": "dark_gray",
-    "intelligence": 8,
-    "time": "10 m",
-    "fun": 1,
-    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
-  },
-  {
-    "id": "holybook_mormon",
-    "type": "BOOK",
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-    "color": "dark_gray",
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-    "flags": [ "INSPIRATIONAL" ]
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
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       { "id": "classic2", "text": "This is a copy of \"Great Expectations\" by Charles Dickens." },
@@ -1622,24 +868,15 @@
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       { "id": "classic54", "text": "This is a copy of \"Peter Simple\" by Frederick Marryat." }
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-    "color": "light_blue",
-    "symbol": "?",
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-    "time": "28 m",
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-    "fun": 3
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   },
   {
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     "name": { "str": "collector's edition book" },
     "description": "A unique, valuable book that has been kept as a collector's item.",
+    "copy-from": "paperback_novel",
     "snippet_category": [
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@@ -1717,17 +954,8 @@
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   },
 ]
     "id": "sa_cryptology_key",

--- a/data/json/obsoletion/items.json
+++ b/data/json/obsoletion/items.json
@@ -3408,6 +3408,27 @@
     "symbol": "|",
     "color": "brown"
   },
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+    "copy-from": "novel_coa",
+    "description": "A graphic novel about a young girl living in Iran during the 1980's, seeing the world change around her as Iraq invaded her country."
+  },
+  {
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+    "type": "BOOK",
+    "name": { "str": "crime novel" },
+    "copy-from": "novel_crime",
+    "description": "A story about three people in the fictional city of Los Santos, a gangster, an upper-class man, and a psychopath, eventually banding together to pull-off the biggest heist in the city's history"
+  },
+  {
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+    "copy-from": "novel_war",
+    "description": "A story about a Bosnian citizen who goes through many hardships and near death during the breakup of Yugoslavia."
+  },
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