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Maleni Palacios
What I'm Reading
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2024
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Currently Reading:
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Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed Americas Working Men and Women | Batya Ungar-Sargon
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Inés of My Soul | Isabel Allende
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FDR's Mentors: Navigating the Path to Greatness | Michael J. Gerhardt
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The Audacity of Hope | Barack Obama
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The Givers | David Callahan (partial reading)
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invisible child: poverty, survival, and hope in an american city | Andrea Elliott (partial reading)
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The World After Capital | Albert Wenger (partial reading)
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The Modern Corporation & Private Property | Adolf A. Berle & Gardiner Means (partial reading)
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The Soul of a Woman | Isabel Allende
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Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for AmericaPaola Ramos
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The Swans of Harlem | Karen Valby
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The Fire Next Time | James Baldwin
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The Body in the Library | Agatha Christie
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Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph | Sheila Johnson
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The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart | Alicia Garza
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Until I am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America | Keisha N. Blain
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Third Reality: Crafting a 21st Century Latino Agenda | Ernesto Nieto
2023
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A Man of Two Faces | by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The Japanese Lover | by Isabel Allende
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King: A Life | by Jonathan Eig
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The Committed | by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being | by Rick Rubin
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Trust | by Hernan Diaz
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The Namesake | by Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival | by Bozoma Saint John
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Build the Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business If You're Not a Rich White Guy | by Kathryn Finney
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The Sympathizer | by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Unaccustomed Earth | by Jhumpa Lahiri
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America's Role in the World Economy | by Alvin H. Hansen
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Never Let Me Go | by Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Living Thoughts of Thomas Jefferson | by John Dewey
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The Worldly Philosophers | by Robert Heilbroner
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The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy | by Anand Giridharadas
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India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking | by Anand Giridharadas
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Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters | by Nancy Pelosi
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The First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America | by Deepa Purushothaman
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My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future | by Indra Nooyi
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Thick: And Other Essays | by Tressie McMillan Cottom
2022
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The Light We Carry | by Michelle Obama
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Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family | by Condoleezza Rice
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How Boards Work: And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World | by Dambisa Moyo
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Daughter of Fortune | by Isabel Allende
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The Remains of the Day | by Kazuo Ishiguro
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My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive | Julissa Arce
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If You Ask Me: Essential Advice | by Eleanor Roosevelt
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The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War | by Nicholas Mulder
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Reclaiming Wellness: Ancient Wisdom for Your Healthy, Happy, and Beautiful Life | by Jovanka Ciares
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Prisoners of Geography | by Tim Marshall
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The Chancellor | by Kati Marton
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Heavy: An American Memoir | by Kiese Laymon
2021
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The Sun Also Rises | by Ernest Hemingway
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Pachinko | by Min Jin Lee
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The Promised Land | by Barack Obama
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning | by Cathy Park Hong
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All You Can Ever Know | by Nicole Chung
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Edge of Chaos | by Dambisa Moyo
2020
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Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For | by Susan Rice
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No One Tells You This: A Memoir | by Glynnis MacNicol
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Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan | by Michael Booth
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Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less | by Tiffany Dufu
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When Asia Was the World | by Stewart Gordon
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In Praise of Shadows | by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki
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Economic Dignity | by Gene Sterling
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The Great Depression: A Diary | by Ben Roth
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Decolonizing Wealth | by Edgar Villanueva
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Thick: And Other Essays | by Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Young Stalin | by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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The Age of Turbulence | by Alan Greenspan
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Tim Cook | by Leander Kahney
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My Beloved World | by Sonia Sotomayor
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In Defense of Open Society | by George Soros
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The Likeability Trap | by Alicia Menedez
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The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir | by Samantha Power
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The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table | by Minda Harts
2019
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Fashion Climbing: A Memoir | by Bill Cunningham
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The Rosie Result | by Graeme Simison
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Memoirs of a Geisha | by Arthur G.
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Leadership in Turbulent Times | by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change | by Beth Comstock
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Steve Jobs | by Walter Isaacson
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Singing for Freedom | byAni Chöying Drolma
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Blue Bamboo: Tales of Fantasy and Romance | by Dazai Osamu
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance | by Barack Obama
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Moshi Moshi | by Banana Yoshimoto
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The Fifth Column | by Ernest Hemingway
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One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment | by Mei Fong
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Becoming | by Michelle Obama
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So Much I want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister | by Anna Akana
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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World | by Jacqueline Novogratz
2018
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The Lean Startup | by Eric Ries
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How the West was Lost | by Dambisa Moyo
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck | by Mark Manson
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Principles | by Ray Dalio
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Dead Aid | by Dambisa Moyo
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Man's Search for Meaning | by Viktor Frankl
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By the Pricking of My Thumb | by Agatha Christie
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Postern of Fate | by Agatha Christie
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Rework | by David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried
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N or M | by Agatha Christie
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The Secret Adversary | by Agatha Christie
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The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever NeedBook | by Daniel H. Pink
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Animal Farm | by George Orwell
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La Maestria del Amor | by Don Miguel Ruiz
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" | by Zora Neale Hurston
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass
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Anya's Ghost | by Vera Brosgol
2017
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2016
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Love and Gelta | Welch
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A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety | Jimmy Carter
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Guigemar | Marie de France
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Bisclavret | Marie de France
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Homeric Hymn to Demeter | Homer
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Taken at the Floor | Agatha Christie
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Ego is the Enemy | Ryan Holiday
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To Have and Have Not | Ernest Hemingway
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Girl Boss | Sophia Amorouso
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We Got Issues | Rha Godess and J Love Calderon
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The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros
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Third Girl | Agatha Christie
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The Science of Success | Charles Koch
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Sapians | Yuval Noah Harari
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Good Profit | Charles Koch
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The Rosie Effect | Graeme Simsion
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Debt | David Graeber
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Rich Dar Poor Dad | Roberto Kiyosaki
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The Magic of Thinking Big | Dr. David J. Schwartz
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The Crucible | Arthur Miller
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The 50th Law | 50 Cent and Robert Greene
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Tribes | Seth Godin
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Kitchen | Banana Yoshimoto
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The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde
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Linchpin | Seth Godin
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The Four Hour Work Week | Timothy Ferriss
2015
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Hard Choices | Hillary Clinton
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A Moveable Feast | Ernest Hemingway
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Blink | Malcolm Gladwell
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The Woman I Wanted to Be | Diane Von Furstenburg
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Madame Secretary | Madeline Albright
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The Complete Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi
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Thousand Cranes | Yasunari Kawabata
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Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | Robert Pirsig
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A Hero of Our Time | Mikhail Lermontov
2014
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Just One Night | Gayle Forman
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Just One Year | Gayle Forman
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The Brilliant Disaster | Jim Rasenberger
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In Cold Bold | Truman Capote
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The Awakening | Kate Chopin
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I'll Give You the Sun | Jandy Nelson
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Paper Towns | John Green
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In the Shadows of Blackbirds | Cat Winters
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As I Lay Dying | William Faulkner
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A Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela
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The List | Siobhan Vivian
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The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Just One Day | Gayle Forman
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Who Could it Be at This Hour | Lemony Snicket
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Looking for Alaska | John Green
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Out of Nowhere | Maria Padian
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Eleanor and Park | Rainbow Rowell
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Partners in Crime | Agatha Christie
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Native Son | Richard Wright
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The Color of Water | James McBride
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The Tipping Point | Malcolm Gladwell
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The Fault in Our Stars | John Green
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In the Time of the Butterflies | Julia Alvarez
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Antigone | Sophocles
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time | Mark Haddon
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Something Maybe | Elizabeth Scott
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This Lullaby | Sarah Dessen
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The Raven Boys | Maggie Stiefvater
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Ashfall | Mike Mullin
2013
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OCD Love Story | Corey Ann Haydu
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The Truth About Forever | Sarah Dessen
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Night | Elie Wiesel
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Leverage | Joshua C. Cohen
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Girlfriend Material | Melissa Kantor
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Never Fall Down | Patricia McCormick
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Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip | Jordan Sonnenblick
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother | Amy Chua
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Angela's Ashes | Frank McCourt
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All I Need | Susane Colasanti
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Any Small Goodness | Tony Johnston
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The Paris Wife | Paula Mclain
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Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe
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The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank
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Sophie's World | Jostein Gaarder
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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments | George Johnson
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The FitzOsbornes at War | Michelle Cooper
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Beauty Shop for Rent | Laura Bowers
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Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors
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A Little Friendly Advice | Siobhan Vivian
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For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ernest Hemingway
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Like Water for Chocolate | Laura Esquivel
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Mokingjay | Suzanne Collins
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Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins
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