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Alyssa’s favorite books

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

La lumière blanche by Anique Poitras

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

NW by Zadie Smith

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

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Alyssa’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (74)
currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (297)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

anthropology‎ (82)

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Alyssa’s Quotes

“The thing you are most
afraid to write

Write that.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt

61 likes

Zadie Smith

“The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life.”
― Zadie Smith

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Zadie Smith

“The past is always tense, the future perfect.”
― Zadie Smith

tags: future, grammar, language, past

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Zadie Smith

“I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.”
― Zadie Smith, NW

tags: identity

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2026 Reading Challenge

Alyssa has read 6 of 20 books.

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Alyssa’s Year In Books

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Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books

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