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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

by Trevor Noah

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Silver Sparrow

by Tayari Jones (Goodreads Author)

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Less (Arthur Less, #1) by Andrew Sean Greer

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How can so many things become a bore by middle age—philosophy, radicalism, and other fast foods—but heartbreak keeps its sting?

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