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Lent Reading List
232 books — 73 voters

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Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
182 books — 106 voters

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
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1,631 books — 6,783 voters
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889 books — 2,489 voters

The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
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57 books — 273 voters
Possession by A.S. Byatt
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Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
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