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‘Adela’s House,’ a short story in ‘Things We Lost in... Fiction
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Book cover: "1976 Agenda for Tomorrow." 1976: Agenda for Tomorrow Nonfiction
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Book cover for 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of... Fiction
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Book cover: "A Frog in the Fall (And Later On)" A Frog in the Fall (And Later On) Fiction
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Book cover: “A Girl, a Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon.” A Girl, a Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon Fiction
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Book cover: "Ancient Wisdom." Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for a New Millennium Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Ben Franklin." Ben Franklin: An American Life Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Berlin Childhood around 1900." Berlin Childhood around 1900 Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Big Magic." Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Nonfiction
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Boo cover: "Bodily Harm." Bodily Harm Fiction
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Book cover: “Bookshops & Bonedust.” Bookshops & Bonedust Fiction
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Book cover: "Born a Crime." Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Nonfiction
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Book cover: “Career and Family.” Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey Toward Equity Nonfiction
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Book cover: "City of Girls." City of Girls Fiction
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Book cover: "City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771‒1965." City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Coming Back." Coming Back Fiction
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Book cover: "Confessions by Felix Krull." Confessions of Felix Krull Fiction
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Book cover: "Counting on Katherine." Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 Nonfiction
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Books cover: "Dark Harvest." Dark Harvest Fiction
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Book cover: "Dark Run." Dark Run Fiction
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Book cover: "Dark Water: Art, Disaster, and Redemption in Florence." Dark Water: Art, Disaster, and Redemption in Florence Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Dead on Arrival." Deadline on Arrival Fiction
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Book cover: "Detransition, Baby." Detransition, Baby Fiction
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Book cover: "Dictatorship!" Dictatorship! It’s Easier Than You Think! Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Don Quixote." Don Quixote Fiction
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Book cover: "Dracula." Dracula Fiction
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Book cover: "Easily Slip Into Another World." Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music Nonfiction
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Book cover: "From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America." From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime:... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Full Tilt." Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Fun Home." Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Girl Made of Stars." Girl Made of Stars Fiction
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Book cover: "Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy." Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Hope for the Flowers." Hope for the Flowers Fiction
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Book cover: "Horse." Horse Fiction
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Book cover: "How Infrastructure Works." How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World Nonfiction
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Book cover:"Inciting Joy." Inciting Joy Nonfiction
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Book cover: Invisible Man Invisible Man Fiction
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Book cover: "Legendborn." Legendborn Fiction
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Book cover: "Leviathan." Leviathan Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Listen for the Lie." Listen for the Lie Fiction
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Book cover: "Misery." Misery Fiction
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Book cover: "Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation" Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Never a Dull Moment." Never a Dull Moment: 1971 — The Year That Rock... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "New Kid." New Kid Fiction
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Book cover: "Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston." Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Nights of Rain and Stars." Nights of Rain and Stars Fiction
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Book cover: "Nine Lives." Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans Nonfiction
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Book cover: “North Woods.” North Woods: A Novel Fiction
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Book cover: "Nothing to See Here." Nothing to See Here Fiction
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Book cover: "Out of Office." Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Over the Edge of the World." Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment." Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Precarious Life." Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco." Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Hail Mary." Project Hail Mary Fiction
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Book cover: "Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in Black America, 1945‒2006." Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in... Nonfiction
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Book cover: “Read Write Own.” Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Ready Player One." Ready Player One Fiction
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Book cover: Rosie Revere, Engineer Rosie Revere, Engineer Fiction
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Book cover: "Sacrilegion." Sacrilegion Fiction
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Book cover: "Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430‒1950." Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430‒1950 Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Schooled." Schooled Fiction
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Book cover: "Scorched Grace." Scorched Grace Fiction
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Book cover: "Shackleton." Shackleton Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Shelter." Shelter Fiction
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Book cover: "Shubeik Lubeik." Shubeik Lubeik Fiction
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Book cover: "Six of Crows." Six of Crows Fiction
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Book cover: "Skip Beat!." Skip Beat! Fiction
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Book cover: "Social Justice Fallacies." Social Justice Fallacies Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Some Desperate Glory." Some Desperate Glory Fiction
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Book cover: "Space Case." Space Case Fiction
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Book cover: "Station Eleven." Station Eleven Fiction
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Book cover: "Strange Practice." Strange Practice Fiction
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Book cover: "Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right." Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Streets of Gold." Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Summer." Summer Fiction
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Book cover: "Tastes Like War: A Memoir." Tastes Like War: A Memoir Nonfiction
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Book covr: "Tell the Wolves I’m Home." Tell the Wolves I’m Home Fiction
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Book cover: "The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi." The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi Fiction
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Book cover: "The Anxious Generation." The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Art of Gathering." The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Ascent of Money." The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Bangalore Detectives Club." The Bangalore Detectives Club Fiction
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Book cover: "The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University During the Third Reich." The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University During the Third... Nonfiction
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The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Color Purple." The Color Purple Fiction
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Book coiver:T"he Complete Calvin & Hobbes." The Complete Calvin & Hobbes Fiction
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Book cover: "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare." The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Fiction
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Book cover: "The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America." The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Covenant of Water." The Covenant of Water Fiction
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Book cover: "The Death of Ivan Ilyich." The Death of Ivan Ilyich Fiction
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The Eternal Feminine Fiction
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Book cover: "The Fire Next Time." The Fire Next Time Nonfiction
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Book cover: The Forgotten Financiers of the Louisiana Purchase. The Forgotten Financiers of the Louisiana Purchase: European Bankers, the... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Friend Zone." The Friend Zone Fiction
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Book cover: "The Future of Money." The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Goblin Emperor." The Goblin Emperor Fiction
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Book cover: "The Great Gatsby." The Great Gatsby Fiction
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Book cover: "The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms." The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Fiction
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Book cover: "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue." The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Fiction
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Book cover: "The Lincoln Reader." The Lincoln Reader Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Making of the Middle Sea." The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Man Who Cried I Am." The Man Who Cried I Am Fiction
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Book cover: "The Maniac." The Maniac Fiction
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Book cover: "The Midnight Library." The Midnight Library Fiction
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Book cover: "The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul." The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Myth of Sisyphus." The Myth of Sisyphus Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Only Game in Town." The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Origin of Others." The Origin of Others Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Origin of Species." The Origin of Species Nonfiction
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Bo cover: "The Overstory." The Overstory Fiction
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Book cover: "The Power Broker." The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment." The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Fiction
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Book cover: "The Republic." The Republic Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾." The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ Fiction
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Book cover: "The Seven Silly Eaters." The Seven Silly Eaters Fiction
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Book cover:"The Song of the Lark." The Song of the Lark Fiction
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Book cover: "The Souls of Black Folk." The Souls of Black Folk Nonfiction
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Book cover: "The Stardust Thief." The Stardust Thief Fiction
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Book cover: "The Story of My Experiments With Truth." The Story of My Experiments With Truth Nonfiction
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Book cover: "preadolescent." The Street Fiction
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Book cover: "The Swiss Family Robinson." The Swiss Family Robinson Fiction
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Book cover: "The Unsettled." The Unsettled Fiction
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Book cover: "The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches." The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Fiction
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Book cover "The Way of a Pilgrim." The Way of a Pilgrim Fiction
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Book cover: "The Wealth of Nations." The Wealth of Nations Nonfiction
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This Is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, a Culture, a... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Under the Whispering Door." Under the Whispering Door Fiction
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Book cover: "Underground." Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker." Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Unreasonable Hospitality." Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Violeta." Violeta Fiction
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Book cover:"When Police Kill." When Police Kill Nonfiction
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Book cover: "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide." White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Wild Thorns." Wild Thorns Fiction
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Book cover: "Wordy: Sounding Off on High Art, Low Appetite and the Power of Memory." Wordy: Sounding Off on High Art, Low Appetite and the... Nonfiction
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Book cover: "Wuthering Heights." Wuthering Heights Fiction
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Book cover: "Zen in the Art of Archery." Zen in the Art of Archery Nonfiction
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