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Gloria Steinem recommended The Handmaid's Tale in Books (curated)

 
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood | 1998 | Essays
8.3 (112 Ratings)
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"We’ve learned that Atwood’s novel should be read…as a warning about patriarchy and its control of reproduction as the underpinning of everything undemocratic."

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Siri Hustvedt recommended Don Quixote in Books (curated)

 
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes, Tom Lathrop | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Although it was published in 1605, this hilarious and brilliant book seems to contain all the possibilities of the novel in a single volume."

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Firbank: Five Novels
Firbank: Five Novels
Ronald Firbank | 1981 | Fiction & Poetry
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"One of the great technical innovators of the English novel, glittering, subversive, poignant and funny - inimitable but an inspiration to generations of writers since."

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Larry Kramer recommended The Adolescent in Books (curated)

 
The Adolescent
The Adolescent
Fyodor Dostoyevsky | 2004 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
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"The greatest Dostoyevsky novel for me. I first read it in the Andrew MacAndrew translation (now published by W.W. Norton) which bowled me over."

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Magpie Murders
Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.4 (5 Ratings)
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The format of having a book inside another book was great. (0 more)
A book destroyed a woman's life
A publisher tells how her writer's final novel destroys her life as she knows it. Magpie Murders is in two parts, the novel and the publisher's story. I read a lot of mystery novels and I can say I did not see this one coming.
  
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist
Brad Meltzer | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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The storyline (0 more)
It's long, but worth it! (0 more)
A Great 'Escape'
Meltzer opens the novel with an interesting twist, and the turns and twists keep coming. He is able to write an intriguing thriller and keep us interested in the characters as well. This novel sold so many copies that in its third week after the release, Amazon ran out of copies.
  
This was exactly like the novel. I am so happy with this graphic novel! The artwork is amazing. The scenes that made me cry in the book were so excellent. I loved the relationships between the characters. Seeing them all together again made my heart hurt, but it was a good kind of hurt. So much love for these books!
  
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Dirty Trick (Perfectly Matched, #1)
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8.0 (2 Ratings)
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Okay, so I did like this novel but I wanted more depth to the characters. I guess "On Dublin Street" has spoiled me. I also didn't like the manipulation in this novel but I guess that was something to be expected.

All in all, this was an okay quick read that was worth the $.99 that I paid for it.