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5⭐️ reads

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If you need a new read I HIGHLY recommend all of these
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Not-so-sad

 
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So beautifully written cannot recommend highly enough
A Tale For The Time Being
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SO GOOD
The Idiot
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If you can get used to all the characters and plotlines SOO worthwhile
The Overstory
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Fun fact both of my family's cats are named after characters from The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch
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Good ol' CanLit, could not put down
Alias Grace
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I was obsessed with this book in high school (just don't think about the lowkey grooming)
The Time Traveler's Wife
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This surprised me in the best way
The History of Living Forever: A Novel
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Extremely long but couldn't stop thinking about it 
The Books of Jacob
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ruth ozeki is always a queen
The Book Of Form And Emptiness
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this book is incredible and so moving and i highly recommend everyone reads it
Ordinary Notes
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
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very well written and thought-provoking about climate change without being too depressing
Migrations
 
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deVOURED this book
Severance
 
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once again devoured this and think everyone should read it, loved the connecting stories
Girl, Woman, Other
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SAD

i cried reading all of these

 
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PLEASE read content warnings before because this is a heavy heavy book but it is also a true work of art
A Little Life
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Made me cry but in a good way
No One Is Talking About This: A Novel
 
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Be prepared to sob
The Last Lecture
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i had to hide under a blanket to cry when i read this on a road trip
Lily and the Octopus
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