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A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Heartburn by Nora Ephron

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The Piano Tuner

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The Piano Tuner

by Daniel Mason (Goodreads Author)

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Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell

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by Denis Johnson

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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Lamb by Christopher Moore

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