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The song of Achilles
Where the crawdads sing
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel
People we meet on vacation
Ugly love : a novel
The wish
Cloud cuckoo land : a novel
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS
The Lincoln highway
The midnight library
The Judge's list
The stranger in the lifeboat : a novel
Verity
Milk and honey
Circe : a novel
Wish you were here : a novel
Go tell the bees that I am gone : a novel
Call us what we carry : poems
The last thing he told me : a novel
The silent patient
November 9
Beach read
Invisible : a novel
The maid : a novel
The starless crown
Reckless girls
The fallen star
The school for good mothers : a novel
Daisy Jones & the Six : a novel

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The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma
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Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones
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Dare to lead : brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts
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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS : INDIGENOUS WISDOM, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AND THE TEACHINGS OF PLANTS
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
Thinking, fast and slow
Extreme ownership : how U.S. Navy SEALs lead and win
Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty
Talking to strangers : what we should know about the people we don't know
The storyteller : tales of life and music
Taste : my life through food
THE HOUSE OF GUCCI : A TRUE STORY OF MURDER, MADNESS, GLAMOUR, AND GREED
The 1619 Project : a new origin story
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THE REAL ANTHONY FAUCI : BILL GATES, BIG PHARMA, AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
The dressmakers of Auschwitz : the true story of the women who sewed to survive
Principles for dealing with the changing world order
The subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life
Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty
The lyrics, 1956 to the present. Volume 2, L-Z
The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
Atlas of the heart : mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience
Greenlights
Crying in H Mart : a memoir
All about me! : my remarkable life in show business
Untamed
You are a badass
The year of magical thinking
The dawn of everything : a new history of humanity
The three mothers : how the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin shaped a nation
The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
The comfortable kitchen : 105 laid-back, healthy, and wholesome recipes
Four thousand weeks : time management for mortals
Flying blind : the 737 MAX tragedy and the fall of Boeing
Peril
What happened to you? : conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing
Think again : the power of knowing what you don't know
American Marxism
Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
Grit : the power of passion and perseverance
Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business
Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking
Clarity & connection
Keep sharp : build a better brain at any age
Can't hurt me : master your mind and defy the odds
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