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Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

California Memoirs

201 books — 65 voters

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Sentient Houses

167 books — 68 voters

San Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth Winegarner

The Anza Trail and the Settling of California by Vladimir Guerrero

Northern Californian history (nonfiction)

123 books — 36 voters

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“ It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clicks into place. One immediately sees how many previously puzzling facts are neatly explained by the new hypothesis. One could kick oneself for not having the idea earlier, it now seems so obvious. Yet before, everything was in a fog. ”
― Francis Crick, What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery

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“ I wouldn’t know what to do if I weren’t next to you. That’s who I am.” “You can’t rely on someone else to define you. Especially not me. ”
― Lauren Kate, Waterfall

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