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For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

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A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

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Coal, with time and heat and pressure, will always become a diamond. But if you were freezing to death, which would you consider the gem?

Everything After

by Jill Santopolo

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The Flatshare

by Beth O'Leary

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