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Oooo! Love this challenge. Here are some of my faves across the board.

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (fiction)

Invisible Women - Caroline Criado-Perez (NF/pop science)

Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi (literary fiction) (her second novel is also great)

Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel (literary sci-fi)

Educated - Tara Westover (memoir)

The Vanishing Half - Britt Bennet (historical fiction)

The Guest List - Lucy Foley (mystery)

Eleanor and Park - Rainbow Rowell (YA)

Burning (Megha Majumdar)

Not That Bad - Roxane Gay (anthology, rape culture)

She Said - Jodi Kantor (NF, breaking of Weinstein story)

Severance - Ling Ma (literary fiction)

The Merciful Crow - Margaret Owen (high fantasy)

The Leavers - Lisa Ko (contemporary fiction)

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (YA)

The sixth extinction - Elizabeth Kolbert (NF)

Also Edith Wharton and Jane Austen. The Hiding Place is also a must read.

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