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India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha Wings of Fire by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Psychology by G. Neil Martin
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Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
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A Not So Bollywood Meet Cute by Miya MalaiThe Rules of Playing with Fire by Varsha ChitnisKismat Connection by Ananya DevarajanThe Phoenix King by Aparna VermaIshq Aatish / عشق آتش by Sadia Rajpoot
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