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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Travel

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Toni Morrison, Elena Ferrante, Naguib Mahfouz

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Sara Hamdan is a Palestinian American novelist, journalist, and editor. A Berkeley and Columbia graduate, she is the author of the novel What Will People Think?, which was a finalist for the Jimmy Fallon Book Club, an NPR Book of the Day, and a New York Times Book Review recommended read. A scene from the novel won an award in Netflix's international storytelling competition. Hamdan is currently Editor-in-Chief of The New York Times Style Magazine MENA based in Dubai, where she lives with her husband and two children. Breadwinner is her second novel. ...more

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	What Will People Think? 3.61 avg rating — 3,893 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arabian Noir by Michael Lynes (Goodreads Author), Alex Shaw, Sara Hamdan (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Search Of: A Collection of Creative Nonfiction by Haifa Mahabir (Goodreads Author) (Author/Editor), Brandon Boyd (Illustrator), Jeffrey Tayler (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breadwinner: A Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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