Mel

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The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris

Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss

The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Prophet Song

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by Paul Lynch (Goodreads Author)

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The Sparsholt Affair

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The Sparsholt Affair

by Alan Hollinghurst

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The Melancholy of Resistance

by László Krasznahorkai

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Lamb by Christopher Moore

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