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Barbara’s favorite books

The Great Dune Trilogy by Frank Herbert A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris Case Histories by Kate Atkinson The Uplift War by David Brin Thinking in Pictures by John Sayles Almost Paradise by Susan Isaacs The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley Duplicate Keys by Jane Smiley
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Linda
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Linda Dittes
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636 books | 11 friends

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Crossing to Safety by Wallace StegnerAnimal Dreams by Barbara KingsolverThe World According to Garp by John IrvingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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