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    3. Butterball-24601 on

      If short story anthologies pique your interest, I’d recommend All The Broken Blades, by Y.M. Pang.

    4. BooBoo_Cat on

      Historical Fiction:

      The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

      The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

      Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari

      The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

      The Good Earth by Pearl Buck

      Mystery:

      The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

      The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

      Other:

      Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

      A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

      A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

    6. cfinley63 on

      Definitely *Shagduk* by J.B. Jackson. Librarians, witches, and imps in 1977 Texas. Great fun. Literally five stars on Amazon.

    8. brusselsproutsfiend on

      Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley

      An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

      The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso

      Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

      Love is a War Song by Danica Nava

      The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

      A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

    9. dear_little_water on

      These were my 5-star reads from 2025:

      [The Frozen River](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112975658-the-frozen-river), [Lawhon, Ariel](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/485025.Ariel_Lawhon)

      [Lying in Wait](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373425-lying-in-wait), [Nugent, Liz](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7467121.Liz_Nugent)

      [Foster](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8143909-foster), [Keegan, Claire](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/274817.Claire_Keegan)

      [Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9969571-ready-player-one), [Cline, Ernest](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/31712.Ernest_Cline)

      [Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower), [Butler, Octavia E.](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29535.Octavia_E_Butler)

      [All the Light We Cannot See](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see), [Doerr, Anthony](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/28186.Anthony_Doerr)

      [Strange Sally Diamond](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62322008-strange-sally-diamond), [Nugent, Liz](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7467121.Liz_Nugent)

      [The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51070.The_Secret_Diary_of_Adrian_Mole_Aged_13_3_4), [Townsend, Sue](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/28707.Sue_Townsend)

      [Recursion](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42046112-recursion), [Crouch, Blake](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/442240.Blake_Crouch) 

      [The Complete Maus](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15195.The_Complete_Maus), [Spiegelman, Art](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5117.Art_Spiegelman)

      [The Secret History](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29044.The_Secret_History), [Tartt, Donna](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8719.Donna_Tartt)

      [Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56791389-dungeon-crawler-carl), [Dinniman, Matt](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/999015.Matt_Dinniman) 

      [Demon Copperhead](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60194162-demon-copperhead), [Kingsolver, Barbara](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3541.Barbara_Kingsolver)

    10. Melodicplanet65 on

      I just finished The Dutch House. Went into it blind on a recommendation and it’s my first 5 star of 26. Read it in two sittings.

    11. coyoterose5 on

      Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

      Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

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