Kristen

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Kristen’s favorite books

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I Am the Ghost Here

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I Am the Ghost Here

by Kim Samek (Goodreads Author)

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This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

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Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

It is the year of the bugs. It is the year of the pig. It is the year of losing money. It is the year of getting sick. It is the year of no book. It is the year of no music. It is the year of turning 5 and 39 and 37. It is the year of Wrong ...more

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Nobody, Somebody, Anybody by Kelly McClorey

Pretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

women vs the void

239 books — 594 voters

Nobody, Somebody, Anybody by Kelly McClorey

Grown Ups by Emma Jane Unsworth

The New Me by Halle Butler

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

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