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Melissa

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Melissa’s favorite books

The Riverside Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

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Melissa’s Bookshelves

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currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (416)
did-not-finish‎ (2)

audiobooks‎ (3)

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2026 Reading Challenge

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Melissa has read 16 books of her goal of 15!

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Lisa

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Alisa

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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Stories For Book Lovers

8,518 books — 9,048 voters

Favorite Genres

African American, Biography, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Politics, and Young-adult

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