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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Bel Canto by Ann Patchett A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Empire Falls by Richard Russo The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
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A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
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But experience is less likely to teach us how to bid our dearest possessions adieu. And if it were to? We wouldn’t welcome the education. For eventually, we come to hold our dearest possessions more closely than we hold our friends. We ...more
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