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Helen Jacoby

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Helen Jacoby

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

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2026 Reading Challenge

Helen Jacoby has read 34 of 52 books.

65%

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Favorite Genres

Adult Fiction, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, and Non-fiction

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