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Challenge Prompt
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Choice 1
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Choice 2
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Choice 3
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Choice 4
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BR 1
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An epistolary novel or collection of letters
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The Habit of Being: The Letters of Flannery O’Connor
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
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Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
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BR 2
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An alternate history novel
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Age of Aztec by James Lovegrove
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Clash of Eagles by Alan Smale
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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BR 3
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A book by a woman and/or POC that won a literary award in 2018
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The Art of Death by Edwidge Danicat
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Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
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BR 4
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A humor book
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The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
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Forever, Erma by Erma Bombeck
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BR 5
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A book by a journalist or about journalism
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Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News by Kevin Young
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BR 6
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A book by an POC set in or about space
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Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
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Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
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The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, translated by Ken Liu
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BR 7
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An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
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Blood of the Dawn by Claudia Salazar Jiménez, trans. by Elizabeth Bryer
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Leaving Tabasco by Carmen Boullosa
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BR 8
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An #ownvoices book set in Oceania
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The Bone People by Keri Hulme
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The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
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BR 9
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A book published prior to January 1, 2019, with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads
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The Diamond: A Novel by Julie Baumgold
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BR 10
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A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman
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The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
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BR 11
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A book of manga
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A Bride’s Story by Kaoru Mori
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The Ancient Magus’ Bride by Kore Yamazaki
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BR 12
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A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
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The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
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The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
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BR 13
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A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse
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The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
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BR 14
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A cozy mystery
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What Child is This?: An Ellie Kent Mystery by Alice K. Boatwright
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Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
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BR 15
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A book of mythology or folklore (PS 12, RW 13)
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Circe by Madeline Miller
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The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
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BR 16
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An historical romance by an AOC
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In The Midst of Winter by Isabella Allende
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The Beautiful Ones by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia
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BR 17
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A business book
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
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BR 18
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A novel by a trans or nonbinary author
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The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang
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BR 19
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A book of nonviolent true crime
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Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury
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Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History by Ben Mezrich
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The Library Book by Susan Orlen
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BR 20
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A book written in prison
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De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Writings by Oscar Wilde
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Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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BR 21
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A comic by an LGBTQIA creator
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Strong Female Protagonist by Molly Ostertag
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Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Roxanne Gay
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
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BR 22
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A children’s or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009
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Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, Vol 1 edited by Arigon Starr
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BR 23
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A self-published book
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The Martian by Andy Weir
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BR 24
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A collection of poetry published since 2014
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Wade in the Water: Poems by Tracy K. Smith
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PS 1
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A book becoming a movie in 2019
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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PS 2
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A book that makes you nostalgic
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PS 3
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A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
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Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide by Darryl McDaniels
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Creative Quest by Ahmir Questlove Thompson
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PS 4
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A book you think should be turned into a movie
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Granted by John David Anderson |
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PS 5
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A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
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1984 by George Orwell
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PS 6
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A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
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The book of Memory by Petina Gappah
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PS 7
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A reread of a favorite book
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Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
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PS 8
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A book about a hobby
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson
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PS 9
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A book you meant to read in 2018
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Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno
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PS 10
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A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
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No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality by Jordan Flaherty
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PS 11
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A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
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PS 12
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A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore (BR 15, PS 15, RW 13)
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Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Circe by Madeline Miller
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PS 13
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A book published posthumously
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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
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PS 14
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A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
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Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
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PS 15
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A retelling of a classic
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Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler {retelling of The Taming of the Shrew}
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Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal {retelling of Pride and Predjudice}
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An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma {twist on the Odyssey}
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PS 16
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A book with a question in the title
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What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
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PS 17
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A book set on college or university campus
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The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
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PS 18
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A book about someone with a superpower
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Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee
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PS 19
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A book told from multiple POVs
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A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
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PS 20
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A book set in space (BR 6)
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Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
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PS 21
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A book by two female authors
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
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PS 22
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A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
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Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
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PS 23
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A book set in Scandinavia
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Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrik Backman
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PS 24
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A book that takes place in a single day
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds
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PS 25
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A debut novel
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Update
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PS 26
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A book that’s published in 2019
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Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
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The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Children by Anissa Gray
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PS 27
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A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
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Animals of a Bygone Era by Maja Säfström
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PS 28
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A book recommended by a celebrity you admire
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Becoming by Michelle Obama
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PS 29
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A book with LOVE in the title
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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
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PS 30
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A book featuring an amateur detective (BR 14)
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Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
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What Child is This? An Ellie Kent Mystery by Alice K. Boatwright
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Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
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PS 31
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A book about a family
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Please Look After my Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin, Chi-Young Kim (Translator)
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PS 32
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A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
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Mrs. Funnybones by Twinkle Khanna
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PS 33
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A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
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Aries by Rachel Medhurst
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PS 34
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A book that includes a wedding
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Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
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PS 35
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A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
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The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
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PS 36
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A ghost story
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
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PS 37
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A book with a two-word title
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Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
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PS 38
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A novel based on a true story
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Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig
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PS 39
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A book revolving around a puzzle or game
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The Queen of Katwe by Tim Crothers {chess in Uganda}
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PS 40
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Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge
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Circe by Madeline Miller
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PS+ 1
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A “cli-fi” (climate fiction) book
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Archipelago by Monique Roffey
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American War by Omar El Akkad
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PS+ 2
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A “choose-your-own-adventure” book
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Neil Patrick Harris: Choose your own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
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PS+ 3
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An “own voices” book (BR 7/8)
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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
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PS+ 4
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Read a book during the season it is set in
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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
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PS+ 5
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A LitRPG book
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Mass Effect: Initiation by N.K. Jemisin
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PS+ 6
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A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
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The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin
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PS+ 7
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Two books that share the same title
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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Salt by Nayyirah Wheed
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PS+ 8
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Two books that share the same title
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Great Expectations by Kathy Acker
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Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
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PS+ 9
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A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
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The Princess Bride by William Goldman
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PS+ 10
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A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent
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The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
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RW 1
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A mystery or thriller written by a woman of color
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Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon
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RW 2
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A book about a woman with a mental illness
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Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
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RW 3
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A book by an author from Nigeria or New Zealand
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The Bone People by Keri Hulme
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RW 4
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A book about or set in Appalachia
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What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold Story of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
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RW 5
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A children’s book (BR 22)
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RW 6
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A multigenerational family saga
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
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RW 7
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A book featuring a woman in science
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Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt
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In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
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RW 8
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A play
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
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RW 9
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A novella
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Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold
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RW 10
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A book about a woman athlete
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Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective by Pat Summit with Sally Jenkins
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RW 11
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A book featuring a religion other than your own
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The Viking’s Kurdish Love: A True Story of Zoroastrians’ Fight for Survival, Part I: 988-1003 by Widad Akreyi
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RW 12
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A Lambda Literary Award winner
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Hunger by Roxane Gay
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RW 13
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A myth retelling (BR 15, PS 12, RW 13)
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The Just City by Jo Walton
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RW 14
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A translated book published before 1945
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The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
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RW 15
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A book written by a South Asian author
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A Newlywed’s Adventures in Married Land by Shweta Ganesh Kumar
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RW 16
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A book by an Indigenous woman
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Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
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RW 17
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A book from the 2018 Reading Women Award shortlist
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Educated by Tara Westover
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RW 18
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A romance or love story (B16)
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In The Midst of Winter by Isabella Allende
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RW 19
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A book about nature
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Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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RW 20
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A historical fiction book
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The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
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RW 21
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A book you bought or borrowed in 2019
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RW 22
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A book you picked up because of the cover
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RW 23
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Any book from a series
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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
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RW 24
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A young adult book by a woman of color
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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
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RW+ 1
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BONUS: A book by Jesmyn Ward
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Sing, Unburied, Sing OR Salvage the Bones
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RW+ 2
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BONUS: A book by Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Lowland
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PingSis 1
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A Book With More Than 500 Pages
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The Outsider by Stephen King
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PingSis 2
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Book You Haven’t Read by Author You Love
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick
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PingSis 3
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Goodreads winner in 2018
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I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara, Gillian Flynn, Patton Oswalt
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PingSis 4
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You Can Read in a Day
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The Firm by John Grisham
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PingSis 5
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Book About a Difficult Topic
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
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PingSis 6
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Recommended by a Friend
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The Ancient Magus’ Bride by Kore Yamazaki
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PingSis 7
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Book That Will Make You Cry
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PingSis 8
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Book Published in 2009
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Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente
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PingSis 9
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Book Becoming Movie in 2019
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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PingSis 10
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A Genre You Don’t Usually Read
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Elevation by Stephen King
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PingSis 11
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Children’s Classic
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Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
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PingSis 12
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Cover With Your Favorite Color
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PingSis 13
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Bought at a Thrift Store
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Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings
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PingSis 14
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Young Adult Fiction
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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
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PingSis 15
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First Book in a Trilogy
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The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
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PingSis 16
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Second Book in a Trilogy
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The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
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PingSis 17
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Third Book in a Trilogy
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The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
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PingSis 18
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Dystopian Novel
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The Stand by Stephen King
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PingSis 19
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Award-Winning Book
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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
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PingSis 20
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A Book from the Rory Gilmore Challenge
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Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
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PingSis 21
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Published the Decade Before You Were Born
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The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
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PingSis 22
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Historical Fiction From A Favorite Time Period
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) by Caleb Carr
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PingSis 23
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Classic You’ve Never Read
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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PingSis 24
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A Book That Will Keep You Up All Night
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The Stand by Stephen King
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PingSis 25
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2018 Bestseller
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Becoming by Michelle Obama
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PingSis 26
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Nonfiction Book about Science
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson
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PingSis 27
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Listen to an Audiobook
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Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly
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PingSis 28
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Set in Your Home State
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The Firm by John Grisham
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PingSis 29
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You Once Started But Never Finished
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Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno
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PingSis 30
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With a One Word Title
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Hunger by Roxane Gay
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PingSis 31
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A Fairy Tale Retelling
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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
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PingSis 32
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Celebrity Book Club Pick
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The Library Book by Susan Orlean
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PingSis 33
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A Book You Read in High School
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The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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PingSis 34
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Business or Personal Finance Book
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
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PingSis 35
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Autobiography or Memoir
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Becoming by Michelle Obama
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PingSis 36
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Book Set in Another Country
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The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
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PingSis 37
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Reread a Favorite Book
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Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
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PingSis 38
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Book by a Local Author
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Death in the Family by James Agee
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PingSis 39
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Banned Book
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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PingSis 40
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Narrative Nonfiction
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Educated by Tara Westover
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PingSis 41
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On Your To-Read List the Longest
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Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings
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PingSis 42
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A Book About Travel
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West With The Night by Beryl Markham
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A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert by Gertrude Bell
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PingSis 43
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Popular Book You’ve Never Read
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Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
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PingSis 44
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True Crime
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Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury
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PingSis 45
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Nonfiction Bestseller
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Educated by Tara Westover
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PingSis 46
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Science Fiction Novel
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Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
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PingSis 47
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A Book You Own But Haven’t Read
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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PingSis 48
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Recommended by a Local Librarian
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PingSis 49
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New Release
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PingSis 50
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The First Book in a Series
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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
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PingSis 51
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Prettiest cover
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PingSis 52
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An Inspirational Story
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