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Susan’s favorite books

Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

QB VII by Leon Uris

The Assassins’ Gate by George Packer

Against All Enemies by Richard A. Clarke

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

My Life with the Saints by James Martin

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A Shadow Over the World: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Rise of Fascism, and the Making of America's World War II

by William I. Hitchcock

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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Philosophy, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, Young-adult, and War

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