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Michelle Risley

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Michelle Risley

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Michelle’s favorite books

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Just Kids by Patti Smith

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

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Michelle’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (349)
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On Mystic Lake

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by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)

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The Calamity Club

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The Calamity Club

by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)

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The Night Circus

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The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern (Goodreads Author)

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Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, and Romance

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