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Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt Small Island by Andrea Levy The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver On Beauty by Zadie Smith The Princess Bride by William Goldman The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
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The Better Sister...
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