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Bill Gates recommended The Great Gatsby in Books (curated)

 
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 | Fiction & Poetry
7.3 (126 Ratings)
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"The novel that I reread the most. Melinda and I love one line so much that we had it painted on a wall in our house: “His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.”

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Isabelle Huppert recommended Demons in Books (curated)

 
Demons
Demons
Fyodor Dostoyevsky | 1994 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"Maybe the greatest novel ever written, but I haven’t read them all! It’s all of humankind head-on by Dostoevsky. A mix of sadism and humor. In Poland I shot a movie by Andrzej Wajda based on this great book."

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Jun 8, 2021  
"The Other Side offers readers a tense crime novel with a literary heart."

The Other Side by Mark Leichliter - @Archaeolibrary, @Bethb19861, @LeichliterMark, #Mystery, #PoliceProcedural, 4 out of 5 (very good)

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/the-other-side-by-mark-leichliter
     
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Jeanette Winterson recommended Orlando in Books (curated)

 
Orlando
Orlando
Virginia Woolf | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
3.0 (1 Ratings)
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"It begins, “He, for their could be no doubt about his sex…” and then we spend the rest of this gorgeous rollicking novel entirely in doubt about his sex. A love-letter to language, a time traveling duel with duality."

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Britt-Marie Was Here
Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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10.0 (3 Ratings)
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If you haven't read any Fredrik Backman yet, you really should. Find out why in my review of his third novel, Britt-Marie Was Here, now available on my blog here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/05/31/baking-soda-and-soccer/
  
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood | 1998 | Essays
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8.3 (112 Ratings)
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My 200th book review is on a classic - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Read why this 1985 novel is still very relevant (and frighteningly so) today in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/10/16/not-a-blueprint/
  
The Last Will of Moira Leahy
The Last Will of Moira Leahy
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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The relationship between identical twin sisters and the tragedy that splits them apart is at the heart of Therese Walsh's debut novel. Read more about this book in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/09/10/eling-for-healing/
  
The Betrayers
The Betrayers
David Bezmozgis | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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In this fascinating novel, Bezmozgis takes real-life Israeli figures, mixes them together and puts them into practically impossible situations with consequences that a lifetime. You can read my revised review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/10/11/protections-and-professions/
  
Hamnet
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.4 (5 Ratings)
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This novel was just short listed for the 2020 Women's Fiction Prize, and rightly so! You can read my #Bookreview here to find out why I think it deserves to win!
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/04/24/net-and-let/
  
Blackberry Wine
Blackberry Wine
Joanne Harris | 1999 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
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7.3 (3 Ratings)
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Harris imbues her stories with a sense of magical reality, and this novel is no exception. You can read my full review of this second story in the Lansquenet trilogy here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/02/21/the-wine-tells-all/