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Kirsten’s favorite books

The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Life of Pi by Yann Martel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer Still Alice by Lisa Genova The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
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Heart the Lover
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Kirsten’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV
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we grow in kindness when our kindness is tested.”
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The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2017
178 books — 240 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
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Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Science, Self help, Thriller, and Young-adult


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