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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip Pastoralia by George Saunders I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman The Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. Yalom Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb The Secret History by Donna Tartt So Big by Edna Ferber The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Out of My Later Years by Albert Einstein
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Adult Fiction, Book Club, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, Science fiction, and Thriller


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