Ten Books That Have Stayed With Me

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78,041 membres
1,430 critiques
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58,574 membres
912 critiques
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4,832 membres
62 critiques
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angekenn, ahef1963, TheTowers
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ahef1963: This book was seminal as it awoke stirrings of social justice in me, and made me realize how much I take for granted.
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26,865 membres
772 critiques
3.9
3 Members
timspalding, TheoClarke, Marissa_Doyle
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Marissa_Doyle: One of my top books of all time. I am in awe of the world she created.
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3,673 membres
75 critiques
4.2
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8,969 membres
57 critiques
½ 4.6
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22,728 membres
938 critiques
3.8
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SqueakyChu, Marissa_Doyle, TheTowers
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Marissa_Doyle: Haunting.
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7,668 membres
405 critiques
4.1
3 Members
timspalding, imyril, KimarieBee
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imyril: I think I mostly just loved the idea of Jesuits in space, but I also loved the characters and the prose. Knowing it will end badly just added to the bittersweet pleasure.
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726 membres
21 critiques
3.9
2 Members
imyril, SqueakyChu
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imyril: Haunting and horrifying.
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20,131 membres
552 critiques
4.1
3 Members
imyril, SqueakyChu, ManWithAnAgenda
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imyril: My Latin teacher made us read it. We were all deeply grateful, and then teased him mercilessly. Wonderfully dark, angst-ridden, alienating and alluring. Such prose and singular characters.
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44,544 membres
2,118 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
KimarieBee, TheoClarke, ahef1963,gilroy
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ahef1963: I just read this a couple of months ago, but it's a work I will never forget. Both brilliant and devastatingly sad.
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22,213 membres
297 critiques
4.1
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12,925 membres
279 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
imyril, mkbird
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imyril: Enlightening, enthralling and inspiring.
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80,089 membres
1,363 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
desertbloom, ahef1963
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ahef1963: Pride & Prejudice is the first classic novel that I really enjoyed. It was the cross-over from childhood reading to adult reading.
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34,703 membres
269 critiques
3.9
2 Members
imyril, jillmwo
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imyril: The only Tolkien I still dip back into. It shaped so much to follow, and shaped so many of my preferences.
jillmwo: His beautiful creation story -- I just love it.
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17,621 membres
330 critiques
4.2
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4,200 membres
80 critiques
3.9
2 Members
timspalding, smcwl
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39,815 membres
523 critiques
4.1
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5,907 membres
188 critiques
3.8
2 Members
mkbird, SylviaC
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SylviaC: Provides some insight into our role and effect on the planet.
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980 membres
12 critiques
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4,178 membres
65 critiques
4.1
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2,347 membres
32 critiques
3.9
2 Members
jillmwo, ManWithAnAgenda
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jillmwo: Two stories in this collection, April in Paris and The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
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23,480 membres
329 critiques
4.1
2 Members
jillmwo, PitcherBooks
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jillmwo: I reread the Christmas chapter almost every year. I got this book as a gift on my 8th birthday before we moved to Bangkok.
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17,588 membres
681 critiques
4.1
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987 membres
54 critiques
½ 4.3
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1,582 membres
42 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
PitcherBooks, Marissa_Doyle
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Marissa_Doyle: Wonderful, spooky, truly captures the "otherness" of the Fae in folklore.
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69,251 membres
1,075 critiques
3.8
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2,365 membres
78 critiques
4.1
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16,053 membres
279 critiques
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2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963: My favourite book as a young teenager. As an adult I took my children to the museum a couple of times a month and we would figure out where we would live if we ran away to a museum.
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40,912 membres
1,044 critiques
½ 4.3
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gilroy
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26,256 membres
396 critiques
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Charon07
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20,511 membres
330 critiques
3.9
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thorold
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thorold: Needs no explanation
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18,707 membres
321 critiques
3.9
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: My grandmother gave me this book for my birthday when I was very small. I was disappointed it wasn’t something more interesting, but it awakened my passion for books.
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9,956 membres
85 critiques
4.1
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6,735 membres
56 critiques
4.2
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2,426 membres
59 critiques
4.1
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1,845 membres
65 critiques
3.8
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hipdeep
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62 membres
5
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SylviaC
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SylviaC: This was the book that I asked everyone to read to me, before I could read it myself.
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5,794 membres
108 critiques
4.1
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2,354 membres
53 critiques
½ 3.5
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2,288 membres
32 critiques
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thorold
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thorold: A book that makes you think "If everyone read this, we could be sure it would never happen again"
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1,916 membres
48 critiques
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imyril
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imyril: I read this very young and it introduced me to the concept of satisfactory but unhappy endings. Also, the Earldelving. Gah.
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1,884 membres
20 critiques
3.9
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1,413 membres
12 critiques
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488 membres
8 critiques
½ 4.3
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SylviaC
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SylviaC: A childhood favourite. The wonder of that first pair of glasses, after years of being labeled as slow and clumsy.
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255 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.4
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hipdeep
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199 membres
11 critiques
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Athabasca
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6 membres
1 critique
½ 4.5
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Marissa_Doyle
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Marissa_Doyle: I read this when I was a young teen, and it has profoundly affected how I write.
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42,013 membres
1,134 critiques
4.1
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imyril
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imyril: One of the first dystopian novels I ever read, which plays on several themes that are close to my heart.
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12,537 membres
266 critiques
4
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thorold
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thorold: The literary equivalent of an earworm: you know it's a bad book, but you can never get it out of your head...
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7,473 membres
192 critiques
4.2
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Charon07
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5,408 membres
114 critiques
½ 3.7
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SylviaC
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SylviaC: Made me look at listening in a whole different way.
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4,962 membres
61 critiques
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hipdeep
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4,804 membres
173 critiques
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Athabasca
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3,951 membres
100 critiques
3.9
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jillmwo
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jillmwo: The idea of setting aside the culture and treasures of the ages so that they don't get destroyed.
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3,260 membres
92 critiques
½ 3.7
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2,656 membres
41 critiques
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Même chose.
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1,046 membres
15 critiques
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smcwl
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890 membres
24 critiques
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613 membres
7 critiques
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ahef1963
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ahef1963: The first fantasy novel (I read the trilogy in one volume) that I ever truly, deeply loved.
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578 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.3
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Marissa_Doyle
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Marissa_Doyle: Retelling of the classic of Welsh mythology. Just beautiful.
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206 membres
8 critiques
½ 4.3
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183 membres
2 critiques
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mkbird
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10 membres
2 critiques
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1,012 critiques
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24,863 membres
373 critiques
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19,892 membres
320 critiques
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18,979 membres
343 critiques
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hipdeep
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14,062 membres
176 critiques
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Charon07
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12,410 membres
260 critiques
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6,028 membres
107 critiques
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smcwl
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5,890 membres
146 critiques
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Athabasca
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4,956 membres
107 critiques
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thorold
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4,695 membres
139 critiques
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Marissa_Doyle
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Marissa_Doyle: Haunting as well, but in a very different way from the Ishiguro.
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1,820 membres
51 critiques
½ 3.7
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imyril
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imyril: This could as easily have been Triffids. Wyndham introduced me to apocalypse fiction, and I love both books for their evocative descriptions of a ruined London.
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938 membres
10 critiques
½ 4.4
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475 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.3
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SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Scared me to death as a kid.
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220 membres
14 critiques
3.8
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SylviaC
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SylviaC: A protagonist I really related to.
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134 membres
1 critique
3.9
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ahef1963
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ahef1963: Started my life-long fascination with all things African.
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6 membres
½ 4.3
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39,420 membres
1,268 critiques
4.1
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imyril, KimarieBee,gilroy
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imyril: This stays with me for its haunting implications. Sad, sentimental, yet satisfying.
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24,452 membres
521 critiques
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hipdeep
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7,405 membres
207 critiques
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2,860 membres
27 critiques
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2,006 membres
36 critiques
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thorold
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1,734 membres
27 critiques
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SylviaC
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SylviaC: I like epidemic books, and this one was pretty comprehensive at the time.
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1,454 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.7
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1,199 membres
25 critiques
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smcwl
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1,058 membres
8 critiques
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ahef1963
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ahef1963: Explained to me, in layman's terms, the science of paleontology and awoke in me a love of the subject matter.
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901 membres
20 critiques
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jillmwo
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jillmwo: She explains some things so well. From Elfland to Poughkeepsie is an essay that has stuck with me.
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898 membres
15 critiques
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Charon07
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36 membres
1 critique
½ 4.6
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Marissa_Doyle
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Marissa_Doyle: One of the truly happiest books I've ever read.
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21,615 membres
187 critiques
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8,739 membres
144 critiques
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7,702 membres
123 critiques
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7,562 membres
93 critiques
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thorold
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2,676 membres
32 critiques
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jillmwo
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jillmwo: It's the lifestyle as much as Norris' writing.
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250 membres
3 critiques
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Charon07