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Melissa’s favorite books

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman The Reader by Bernhard Schlink Walking the Bible by Bruce Feiler The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur Herman 12 Years A Slave by Solomon Northup Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson Night by Elie Wiesel Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall Cooking from Quilt Country by Marcia Adams
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Listopia Votes

The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
Desmond Elliott Prize Longlist 2013
10 books — 23 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNight by Elie WieselA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithSmall Steps by Peg KehretThe Color of Water by James McBride
Best Books of the 20th Century
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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Contemporary, Cooking, Ebooks, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Self help, and Women's Fiction


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