Jess Liu

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Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Hunger by Roxane Gay

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{ [ ELDEST (INHERITANCE CYCLE (PAPERBACK)) ] } Paolini, Christopher ( AUTHOR ) Mar-13-2007 Paperback

by Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)

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"sigh swapped to the audiobook bc i have too much sewing i want to do" — Feb 10, 2026 10:24PM

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by Lisa Ko (Goodreads Author)

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Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language

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"does listening to the audiobook count?" — Nov 07, 2025 12:09PM

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Book cover for Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

My mom visited me during my semester abroad. Getting to see her speak with comfort and ease in her native tongue, in the country where she was born, made me really happy. But it also made me sad—I had not previously known what a confident ...more

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