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• Pachinko

  Lee, Min Jin,

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  In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant—and that her lover is married—she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shadow of the Wind

  Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-2020

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  Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kite Runner

  Hosseini, Khaled,

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  The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Americanah

  Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

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  Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Alchemist

  Coelho, Paulo,

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  Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mountains Sing

  Nguyễn, Phan Quế Mai, 1973-

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  With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where'd You Go, Bernadette

  Semple, Maria

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  Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crazy Rich Asians

  Kwan, Kevin

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  Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Me Talk Pretty One Day

  Sedaris, David

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  Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious new pieces,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Catch-22

  Heller, Joseph

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  Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy—it is his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Furiously Happy

  a Funny Book About Horrible Things

  Lawson, Jenny, 1973-

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  #1 New York Times Bestseller In Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos to make it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience with severe depression and a host of other conditions, and explains how it has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rosie Project

  Simsion, Graeme C.

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  Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Things Fall Apart

  Achebe, Chinua,

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  Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

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  Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane’s child’s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Vegetarian

  Han, Kang, 1970-

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  Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams—invasive images of blood and brutality—torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It’s a small act…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001

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  Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Less

  Greer, Andrew Sean,

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  PROBLEM: You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years now engaged to someone else. You can’t say yes--it would all be too awkward--and you can’t say no--it would look…Read moreRead more of this annotation