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Jess’s favorite books

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough The Hot Zone by Richard Preston A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle The World According to Garp by John Irving Timeline by Michael Crichton A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The 9/11 Commission Report by National Commission on Terr... Maus I by Art Spiegelman Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
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25x33 1703 Book Club — 5 members — last activity Mar 17, 2011 12:50AM
We, the former residents of 1703 37th St. NW, read books and discuss them.
532033 The Sapphic Squad — 7183 members — last activity Aug 03, 2026 06:42AM
A book group for reading sapphic books and connecting over our often-obscure favorites! At least for now we're predominantly-YA but adult recs are ALW ...more

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Book Club, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Historical fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics, Romance, and Young-adult


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