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Midnight in the G...

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

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Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

by Edward Dolnick

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A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)

by Michael Bond

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Tess’s Notes & Highlights

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Heavy by Kiese Laymon

Clarence Thomas seemed as cowardly as every older man to me.

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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote

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Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult

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