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Sam’s favorite books

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

Taming the Beast by Emily Maguire

Come Closer by Sara Gran

Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Big Fish by Daniel Wallace

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

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

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Sam’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (399)
did-not-finish‎ (12)

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Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

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Nicki

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Favorite Genres

Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Suspense, Thriller, magic realism, and magical-realism

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