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Dead I Well May Be by Adrian McKinty

The Color of Water by James McBride

No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

Augustus by John Williams

Of Love and Dust by Ernest J. Gaines

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjöwall

The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow

The Riddle of Life and Death by Tillie Olsen

Shoot the Piano Player by David Goodis

The Southpaw by Mark Harris

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by Min Jin Lee

bookshelves: fiction-1945-present, currently-reading, historical-fiction

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