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2. books NEWLY published in 2021
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3. Books set in or immediately before/after WW2.

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61 books · 82 voters · list created August 9th, 2020 by Asterope (votes) .
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Comments Showing 1-4 of 4 (4 new)

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message 1: by Asterope (new)

Asterope REMOVED: The Girl from the Channel Islands
Reason: Published in 2020 under another title The Viennese Girl (it's the same book, different title)
So it doesn't belong on the 2021 list.


message 2: by Angela (new)

Angela The Venice Sketchbook, by Rhys Bowen is listed twice (#21 and #40)


Augusta Jayde ♡ looks like the silent unseen (mccrina) has moved to a 2022 publish date.


message 4: by Dawn (new)

Dawn Is there a list like this for 2023? I've tried searching all different types of ways.


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