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The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger

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Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood

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Summer Island
Kristin Hannah

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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury

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The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides

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Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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Margaret Atwood

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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

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Danielle Steel

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Gloria Houston

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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee

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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
George Orwell

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Aldous Huxley

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Diana Gabaldon

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S.E. Hinton

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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger

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Beloved
Beloved
Toni Morrison

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His bright light
His bright light
Danielle Steel

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The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness
The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness
Steven K. Scott

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Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Maya Angelou

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Grace [Eventually]: Thoughts on Faith
Anne Lamott

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A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
Jack Canfield

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Triple Exposure: Black, Jewish and Red in the 1950s
Triple Exposure: Black, Jewish and Red in the 1950s
Dexter Jeffries

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Leisure in Later Life
Leisure in Later Life
Michael J. Leitner

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Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera
Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera
Norma E. Cantú

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Max
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James Patterson

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Une mort très douce
Une mort très douce
Simone de Beauvoir

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About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory
About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory
Barry Lopez

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The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3
The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3
Nancy Holder

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In My Father's House
In My Father's House
Corrie ten Boom

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Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Doris Pilkington

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The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying
The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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Biografia de un cimarrón
Biografia de un cimarrón
Miguel Barnet

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Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond
Larry McMurtry

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Rogue Warrior
Rogue Warrior
Richard Marcinko

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Anything We Love Can Be Saved
Anything We Love Can Be Saved
Alice Walker

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The Classic Slave Narratives
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Jesus as a Boy: Children in the Bible
Jesus as a Boy: Children in the Bible

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Man and His Symbols
Man and His Symbols
C.G. Jung

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A Tale of three Kings: A Study of Brokenness
A Tale of three Kings: A Study of Brokenness
Gene Edwards

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Father and I were Ranchers
Father and I were Ranchers
Ralph Moody

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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
Susan Orlean

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Life Among the Pirates: The Romance and the Reality
Life Among the Pirates: The Romance and the Reality
David Cordingly

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
David Foster Wallace

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The Day After Roswell
The Day After Roswell
Philip J. Corso

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Peau noire, masques blancs
Peau noire, masques blancs
Frantz Fanon

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Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Jean-Dominique Bauby

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Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse
Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse
James Wesley, Rawles

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One-Straw Revolution
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Masanobu Fukuoka

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Brown Paper School book: Blood and Guts (Brown Paper School Book)
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Linda Allison

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The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
Peter Maas

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The Best of James Herriot
The Best of James Herriot
James Herriot

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Iberia
Iberia
James A. Michener

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The Copper Scroll
The Copper Scroll
Joel C. Rosenberg

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Coming into the Country
Coming into the Country
John McPhee

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The Stairway to Heaven
The Stairway to Heaven
Zecharia Sitchin

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The Mismeasure of Man
The Mismeasure of Man
Stephen Jay Gould

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky

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East of Eden
East of Eden
John Steinbeck

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The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway

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One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez

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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck

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The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini

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Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison

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Firefly Lane
Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah

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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini

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And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie

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L'Étranger
L'Étranger
Albert Camus

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The Road
The Road
Cormac McCarthy

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Redeeming Love
Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers

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Holes
Holes
Louis Sachar

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom

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The Color Purple
The Color Purple
Alice Walker

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The Bell Jar
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Sylvia Plath

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Erin Morgenstern

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The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn

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Dragonfly in Amber
Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon

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Voyager
Voyager
Diana Gabaldon

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The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride
William Goldman

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Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell

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An Offer from a Gentleman
An Offer from a Gentleman
Julia Quinn

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Drums of Autumn
Drums of Autumn
Diana Gabaldon

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Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn

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Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James

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The Fiery Cross
The Fiery Cross
Diana Gabaldon

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Between Sisters
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Kristin Hannah

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Magic Hour
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Kristin Hannah

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On Mystic Lake
On Mystic Lake
Kristin Hannah

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One for the Money
One for the Money
Janet Evanovich

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An Echo in the Bone
An Echo in the Bone
Diana Gabaldon

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A Breath of Snow and Ashes
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Diana Gabaldon

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Beach Read
Beach Read
Emily Henry

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The Notebook
The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks

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To Sir Phillip, With Love
To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn

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Fiction

Pillars of the Earth
Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith

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Catch-22
Catch-22
Joseph Heller

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Stand
The Stand
Stephen King

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The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas

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It
It
Stephen King

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The Shining
The Shining
Stephen King

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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams

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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro

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The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway

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American Gods
American Gods
Neil Gaiman

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The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien

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1st to Die
1st to Die
James Patterson

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson

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A Clash of Kings
A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin

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The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon

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Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe

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Literature & Fiction

It Starts with Us
It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover

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The Secret History
The Secret History
Donna Tartt

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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes

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On the Road
On the Road
Jack Kerouac

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig

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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Neil Gaiman

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Annie Barrows

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The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss

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11/22/63
11/22/63
Stephen King

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People We Meet on Vacation
People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry

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Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry

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The Visitor (Jack Reacher, #4)
The Visitor (Jack Reacher, #4)
Lee Child

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Life of Pi
Life of Pi
Yann Martel

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Watership Down
Watership Down
Richard Adams

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A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway

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Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf

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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway

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Invisible Man
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison

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Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult

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United States

The Enemy
The Enemy
Lee Child

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The Black Echo
The Black Echo
Michael Connelly

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Echo Burning
Echo Burning
Lee Child

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Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler

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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 Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan

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The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver

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True Colors
True Colors
Kristin Hannah

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Wish You Well
Wish You Well
David Baldacci

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The Celestine Prophecy
The Celestine Prophecy
James Redfield

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The Help
The Help
Kathryn Stockett

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Neverwhere
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman

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Sula
Sula
Toni Morrison

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie

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Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

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The Dragon Reborn
The Dragon Reborn
Robert Jordan

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Hour Game
Hour Game
David Baldacci

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The Hard Way
The Hard Way
Lee Child

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Kindred
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler

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When He Was Wicked
When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn

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Commonalities of Books on Contemporary: - Exploration of personal growth and self-discovery - Themes of love, loss, and relationships - Historical or cultural context as a backdrop for the story - Characters facing adversity and overcoming challenges - Exploration of societal issues such as racism, sexism, and oppression - Use of magical realism or fantasy elements in storytelling - Coming-of-age stories - Memoirs or biographical accounts - Mystery or suspense elements in the plot

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