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Not in my top 10 for the year, but I read it in a week, which is an accomplishment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67940524392531,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/1255\/8931\/files\/cms-book-calamity-club.jpg?v=1793115385"},{"product_id":"demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver","title":"Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/em\u003e, but make it Appalachia. A boy born in a trailer to a teenage mom makes his way through foster care and the opioid crisis. It won the Pulitzer, and you will cry, so plan accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe take:\u003c\/strong\u003e The best book I've read in my whole life. I think about it almost weekly. Whenever I'm asked to recommend a book, it's always Demon Copperhead. Absolutely the opposite of light reading, though, so fair warning that it's dark.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67940526555219,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/1255\/8931\/files\/cms-book-demon-copperhead.jpg?v=1793115384"},{"product_id":"so-old-so-young-by-grant-ginder","title":"So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder","description":"\u003cp\u003eSix college friends and five parties over twenty years, from East Village apartments to 40th birthdays and suburban barbecues. For anyone whose group chat used to be a group house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe take:\u003c\/strong\u003e Easy listening. Better than a trashy novel, but not quite literature. I read it in a few days and felt thoroughly entertained.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67940526620755,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/1255\/8931\/files\/9781668051771.jpg?v=1793115384"},{"product_id":"olive-kitteridge-by-elizabeth-strout","title":"Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout","description":"\u003cp\u003eConnected stories about a prickly retired math teacher in a small Maine town. She's rude, she's usually right, and you'll miss her when it's over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe take:\u003c\/strong\u003e I had been wanting to read this for a while and finally did. I started out lukewarm and slowly found myself in love with Olive. She is such a realistic character, flaws and all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67940526686291,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/1255\/8931\/files\/9780812971835.jpg?v=1793115384"},{"product_id":"whistler-by-ann-patchett","title":"Whistler by Ann Patchett","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the Met, a woman realizes the man following her is her former stepfather, cut out of her life after a car accident when she was nine. It's Ann Patchett, so obviously yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe take:\u003c\/strong\u003e I'm a big Ann Patchett fan. This isn't my favorite of hers (that would be \u003cem\u003eThe Dutch House\u003c\/em\u003e), but the story is unique and compelling. It's a slow burn, so be in it for the writing and humanity, not the plot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67940526751827,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/1255\/8931\/files\/cms-book-whistler.jpg?v=1793115385"},{"product_id":"famesick-by-lena-dunham","title":"Famesick by Lena Dunham","description":"\u003cp\u003eHer memoir of the \u003cem\u003eGirls\u003c\/em\u003e years: fast fame, then mental health and chronic illness, and what it took to come out the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe take:\u003c\/strong\u003e I've been a loyal apologist since 2012 and have read, watched and consumed everything she has done. Her memoir is incredible. She's such a talent and writes with such authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67940526784595,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/1255\/8931\/files\/9780593129326.jpg?v=1793115384"},{"product_id":"strangers-by-belle-burden","title":"Strangers by Belle Burden","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn March 2020, her husband of twenty years said he was leaving and became someone she barely knew. A memoir about looking back for the signs and coming out braver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe take:\u003c\/strong\u003e Essential reading for those with XX chromosomes, and honestly XY too. 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