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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 (255)
currently-reading‎ (2)
read‎ (279)
did-not-finish‎ (7)

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

Starling House

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by Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author)

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The Calamity Club

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The Calamity Club

by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)

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Friendlier Reading Experience — 39 members — last activity Sep 06, 2020 09:53AM
A private group for friends of Friendlier and those participating in the Friendlier Reading Experience

2026 Reading Challenge

Laura has read 44 of 50 books.

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Jessica DeLand

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Shauna Wehbe

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Grace Eo

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Mikhael Reamer

560 books | 195 friends

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Lisa

714 books | 52 friends

Erica

Erica

989 books | 197 friends

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K Anderson

63 books | 19 friends

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

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