Helen Jacoby

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Helen Jacoby

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Helen’s favorite books

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman

The Color of Water by James McBride

A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous

Emil und die Detektive by Erich Kästner

The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

Anniversaries by Uwe Johnson

Oaxaca Journal by Oliver Sacks

Berlin 01. Steinerne Stadt by Jason Lutes

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Helen’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (490)
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2026 Reading Challenge

Helen Jacoby has read 19 of 52 books.

37%

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Helen’s Friends (21)

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Laura Zimmermann

320 books | 12 friends

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Karen Dunn

286 books | 43 friends

Tamar F...

Tamar Frieden

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Lisa

55 books | 15 friends

Christi...

Christina Axelrod

2 books | 22 friends

Gail Ha...

Gail Hamner

906 books | 40 friends

Peri

Peri

542 books | 6 friends

Maja Ca...

Maja Cannavo

2,046 books | 3 friends

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Favorite Genres

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

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