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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Three Cups of Tea by Sarah L. Thomson Beloved by Toni Morrison The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Adult Fiction, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Politics, Romance, Thriller, and Young-adult


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