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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.
- Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death …
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In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the …
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Set amid Colorado’s wild beauty, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed …
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and …
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
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The Nightingale is a historical fiction novel by American author Kristin Hannah published by St. Martin's Press in 2015. The …
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A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini by Khaled Hosseini
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A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini, following the huge success of his bestselling …
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A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
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A Gentleman in Moscow is a 2016 novel by Amor Towles. It is his second novel, published five years after …
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, Colson Whitehead
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The Underground Railroad is a historical fiction novel by American author Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday in 2016. The alternate …
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An outstanding student and much admired leader of her class, Ji-Li Jiang was poised for a shining future in the …
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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
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Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is …
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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
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The Things They Carried (1990) is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon …
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Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide. As she struggles through the miles-long …
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The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
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A stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala and following three generations of a …
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A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
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This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. They have waited long enough for their …
