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Balli Kaur Jaswal

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July 20

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Balli Kaur Jaswal's latest novel is The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters (Harper Collins/William Morrow). Her previous novels include Inheritance, which won the Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Novelist Award, and Sugarbread, a finalist for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize and the Singapore Literature Prize. Her third novel Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was translated into 15 languages and chosen by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine book club. ...more

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	Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows 3.93 avg rating — 92,144 ratings — published 2017 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters 3.80 avg rating — 14,518 ratings — published 2019 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Now You See Us 3.73 avg rating — 1,188 ratings — published 2023 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugarbread 4.05 avg rating — 1,053 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inheritance 3.98 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 (Best Women's Erotica Series) by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sierra Simone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alexa J. Day (Contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Goodreads Author) (Guest Editor), Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor), Yu-Mei Balasingamchow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El legado by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Goodreads Author), Jorge Rizzo (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Goodreads Author), Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I saw it a few years ago in a bookshop but didn’t buy it.’ ‘I hate it when that happens. Book regret. You come across something and think, I don’t want that, and later, you’re obsessed with getting it and it’s no longer available.”
― Balli Kaur Jaswal, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

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“You can separate the idiots from the bloody idiots.”
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“You waste everything because you’ve always had everything.”
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July BoTM Nominations ~ "Hello Sunshine- Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Picks" ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books move onto Final Poll

The Sanatorium

by Sarah Pearse

10 votes, 32.3%

This Is How It Always Is

by Laurie Frankel

4 votes, 12.9%

The Scent Keeper

by Erica Bauermeister

3 votes, 9.7%

Whisper Network

by Chandler Baker

3 votes, 9.7%

The Chicken Sisters

by K.J. Dell'Antonia

3 votes, 9.7%

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

by Balli Kaur Jaswal

3 votes, 9.7%

The Jetsetters

by Amanda Eyre Ward

2 votes, 6.5%

Infinite Country

by Patricia Engel

1 vote, 3.2%

The Last Mrs. Parrish

by Liv Constantine

1 vote, 3.2%

The Cactus

by Sarah Haywood

1 vote, 3.2%

31 total votes

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