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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber The Dim Sum of All Things by Kim Wong Keltner Girl with Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace Silver Bay by moyes-jojo A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Biography, Chick-lit, Comics, Cookbooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Mystery, Science fiction, Thriller, and Young-adult


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