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August Forbes

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2026 Reading Challenge

August Forbes has read 40 of 75 books.

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Biography, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Memoir, Non-fiction, Suspense, and Thriller

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