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Barbara Lovretta
Barbara Lovretta wants to read: I want to read contemporary fiction with a strong female character
Oct 12, 2026 01:14PM  · 
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Location: Burlington, MA


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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Oct 12, 2026 01:38PM  · 
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
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The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
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Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye
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Caucasia by Danzy Senna
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Oct 12, 2026 01:39PM  · 
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Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
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Oct 12, 2026 01:39PM  · 
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Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
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How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
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Oct 12, 2026 01:40PM  · 
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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
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Oct 12, 2026 01:40PM  · 
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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
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Oct 12, 2026 01:43PM  · 
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
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Oct 12, 2026 01:43PM  · 
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Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
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Oct 12, 2026 01:43PM  · 
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10 Things I Hate About Pinky by Sandhya Menon
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Oct 12, 2026 01:44PM  · 
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
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We Are the Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian
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Oct 12, 2026 01:45PM  · 
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
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Oct 12, 2026 01:50PM  · 
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Oct 12, 2026 01:50PM  · 
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Evening Primrose by Kopano Matlwa
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Oct 12, 2026 01:53PM  · 
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Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
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She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
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The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
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Oct 12, 2026 01:54PM  · 
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The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith
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Oct 12, 2026 01:55PM  · 
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
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Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
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Oct 12, 2026 01:56PM  · 
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My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
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I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
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Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti
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Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon
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Oct 12, 2026 01:57PM  · 
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When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi
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Oct 12, 2026 01:57PM  · 
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Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
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Oct 12, 2026 02:09PM  · 
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Dating by the Book by Mary Ann Marlowe
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The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
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The Silence Dividend by Izzy Bond
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Art, Biography, Classics, Cookbooks, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Self help, and Thriller