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East of Eden by John Steinbeck Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narni... by C.S. Lewis ’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
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In a Dark, Dark Wood
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Adult Fiction, Biography, Classics, Fiction, Food, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult


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