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Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Dawn by Octavia E. Butler The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan Blood Child by Octavia E. Butler
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