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Laura’s favorite books

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Travesuras de la niña mala by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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Laura’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (251)
currently-reading‎ (2)
read‎ (273)
did-not-finish‎ (6)

historical-fiction‎ (32)
fiction‎ (12)
memoir‎ (9)
bipoc-authors‎ (4)

romance‎ (4)
classics‎ (3)
fantasy-romantasy‎ (3)
thriller‎ (3)

non-fiction‎ (2)
dystopian-science-fiction‎ (1)
re-read‎ (1)
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Laura is Currently Reading

The Shampoo Effect

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The Shampoo Effect

by Jenny Jackson (Goodreads Author)

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All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker (Goodreads Author)

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Laura has read 38 of 50 books.

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Lisa

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Shauna Wehbe

264 books | 12 friends

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K Anderson

63 books | 19 friends

Angela

Angela

197 books | 2 friends

Michelle

Michelle

528 books | 5 friends

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Favorite Genres

Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, and Suspense

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