Karen Melk

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Karen Melk

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Karen’s favorite books

Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Master Harold...and the Boys by Athol Fugard

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt

Never Give Up by Kevin Winge

Pearl S. Buck by Peter Conn

The Color of Water by James McBride

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

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Karen’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (612)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (871)
fave-authors‎ (94)
good-fiction‎ (73)

simply-good‎ (68)
asia‎ (62)
memoir‎ (55)
history‎ (48)
young-adult‎ (48)

all-time-favorites‎ (33)
africa‎ (32)
mystery‎ (27)
social-justice‎ (24)
historical-fiction‎ (11)

abandon‎ (9)
self-help‎ (4)
non-fiction‎ (1)

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2026 Reading Challenge

Karen Melk has read 4 of 50 books.

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See Dave Run by Jeannette Eyerly

1970's Young Adult Standalones

253 books — 36 voters

The Painter From Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein

Best Books of 2008

1,643 books — 6,778 voters

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Favorite Genres

Biography, Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, and Science

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