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Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns GoodwinMy Life and Hard Times by James ThurberNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
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The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
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The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaugh
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Best Young Adult Books
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