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The Gustav Sonata (Rose Tremain)
The Gustav Sonata
201
Rose Tremain
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
202
Yoko Ogawa
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (Claire North)
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
203
Claire North
Revenge
Revenge
204
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
205
Hanya Yanagihara
Slavery Inc: The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking (Lydia Cacho)
Slavery Inc: The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking
206
Lydia Cacho
Reasons She Goes to the Woods (Deborah Kay Davies)
Reasons She Goes to the Woods
207
Deborah Kay Davies
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
Burial Rites
208
Hannah Kent
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
209
Diana Gabaldon
Infidel
Infidel
210
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Lola Shoneyin)
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
211
Lola Shoneyin
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
212
Sue Monk Kidd
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
213
NK Jemisin
Hidden Figures (Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
214
Shetterly
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
215
Isak Dinesen
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
216
Yaa Gyasi
Yes Please (Amy Poehler)
Yes Please
217
Amy Poehler
Nectar in a Sieve
Nectar in a Sieve
218
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
219
Jhumpa Lahiri
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
220
Diana Wynne Jones
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
221
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) (Mindy Kaling)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
222
Mindy Kaling
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
223
Angela Carter
Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr Who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Wom (Melody Ermachild Chavis)
Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr Who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Wom
224
Melody Ermachild Chavis
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
225
Rita Mae Brown
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
226
Iris Murdoch
Obasan (Joy Kogawa)
Obasan
227
Joy Kogawa
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
228
Malala Yousafzai
Farewell to Manzanar (Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston)
Farewell to Manzanar
229
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Stones for Ibarra (Harriet Doerr)
Stones for Ibarra
230
Harriet Doerr
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
231
Emily St John Mandel
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
232
Muriel Spark
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
233
Audre Lorde
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
234
Jesmyn Ward
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
235
Jesmyn Ward
Spirits Abroad (Zen Cho)
Spirits Abroad
236
Zen Cho
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
237
Jeanette Winterson
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
238
Sarah Waters
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
239
Gillian Flynn
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
240
Mary Wollstonecraft
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