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Category: Contemporary Fiction

September 15, 2020 Glanceabook

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante. Translated by Ann Goldstein

September 7, 2020September 5, 2020 Glanceabook

The Last Migration by Charlotte McConaghy

August 18, 2020 Glanceabook

Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead

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Eight Lives by Susan Hurley

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Idaho by Emily Roskovich

April 7, 2020April 23, 2020 Glanceabook

The Braid by Laetitio Colombani Translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie

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The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

March 25, 2020April 3, 2020 Glanceabook

Here We Are by Graham Swift

March 12, 2020 Glanceabook

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

March 9, 2020 Glanceabook

Tiger by Polly Clark

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