Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Books mentioned:
Bunny by Mona Awad
Possession y A.S. Byatt
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Foster by Claire Keegan
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Tom Lake by Tom Patchett
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Autumn by Ali Smith
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Safe Keep by Yael Van Der Wouden
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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