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Where the Crawdads Sing
The Night Circus
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
The Great Gatsby
The Catcher in the Rye
The Song of Achilles
A Gentleman in Moscow
The Old Man and the Sea
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Covenant of Water
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
All the Light We Cannot See
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Bell Jar
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The male rabbits began chattering their teeth against another’s, filling the room with a spastic, scratching sound, similar to a full shift of skate blades on a puck chase, cutting fresh ice. “An animal on a farm has no worth if it isn’t useful. I earned my right to survive--I’m named!
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