Penelope

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Penelope

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Penelope’s favorite books

Golden Gulag by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

The High-Conflict Couple by Alan E. Fruzzetti

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju Cole

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

Hunger by Roxane Gay

The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

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Penelope’s Bookshelves

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currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (166)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

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2026 Reading Challenge

Penelope has read 11 of 25 books.

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Penelope’s Friends (9)

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María Eugenia

93 books | 10 friends

Rachel

Rachel

1,023 books | 159 friends

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Vincent Delaurentis

209 books | 7 friends

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ngmahfouz

252 books | 92 friends

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Carys Boughton

298 books | 18 friends

Jeff Pr...

Jeff Prystowsky

670 books | 54 friends

Frances

Frances

599 books | 28 friends

Kyle

Kyle

222 books | 13 friends

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Favorite Genres

Contemporary, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Memoir, Non-fiction, and Philosophy

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