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Ryan Shea
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Time and Materials by Robert Hass Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest by B.H. Fairchild Beloved by Toni Morrison The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver The Dollmaker's Ghost by Larry Levis Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver Train Dreams by Denis Johnson Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell
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Gilead (Gilead #1) by Marilynne Robinson
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There’s a lot under the surface of life, everyone knows that. A lot of malice and dread and guilt, and so much loneliness, where you wouldn’t really expect to find it, either.
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Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Science fiction, Suspense, Sports, Thriller, and Young-adult


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