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Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew; The Marriage of Opposites; The Red Garden; The Museum of Extraordinary Things; The Dovekeepers; Here on Earth, an Oprah’s Book Club selection; and the Practical Magic series, including Practical
Magic; Magic Lessons; The Rules of Magic, a selection of Reese’s Book Club; and The Book of Magic. She lives near Boston.

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Alice Hoffman My favorite thing about writing is the same as my favorite thing about reading -- it allows me to escape into a completely different world.
Alice Hoffman The Giver is one of my favorite books!! It's brilliant.
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The Giver is one of my favorite books!! It's brilliant.
I have always loved folk tales and fairy tales. They resonate for children and adults so I'm honored to hear my books read like fairy tales for adults!
I think I more imagine the world than see it!(less)
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The Bookstore Sisters

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The Marriage of Opposites

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Here on Earth

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The Invisible Hour

3.59 avg rating — 44,647 ratings — published 2023 — 26 editions
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Faithful

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“Books may well be the only true magic.”
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“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”
Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.”
Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

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Best Fiction

The Help
 
  1123 votes 17.3%

The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
 
  653 votes 10.0%

Her Fearful Symmetry
 
  320 votes 4.9%

Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)
 
  315 votes 4.8%

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
 
  308 votes 4.7%

The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
 
  292 votes 4.5%

The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
 
  273 votes 4.2%

Fool
 
  232 votes 3.6%

The Magicians (The Magicians #1)
 
  228 votes 3.5%

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
 
  226 votes 3.5%

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
 
  224 votes 3.4%

Juliet, Naked
 
  206 votes 3.2%

Cutting for Stone
 
  187 votes 2.9%

The Little Stranger
 
  146 votes 2.2%

South of Broad
 
  144 votes 2.2%

The Story Sisters
 
  141 votes 2.2%

Pygmy
 
  138 votes 2.1%

Let the Great World Spin
 
  134 votes 2.1%

This is Where I Leave You
 
  130 votes 2.0%

Little Bee
 
  126 votes 1.9%

Brooklyn
 
  119 votes 1.8%

Drood
 
  107 votes 1.6%

The Children's Book
 
  104 votes 1.6%

A Reliable Wife
 
  103 votes 1.6%

A Gate at the Stairs
 
  96 votes 1.5%

The Weight of Silence
 
  91 votes 1.4%

That Old Cape Magic
 
  77 votes 1.2%

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
 
  70 votes 1.1%

Await Your Reply
 
  69 votes 1.1%

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
 
  62 votes 1.0%

The School of Essential Ingredients
 
  61 votes 0.9%

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