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Recommendations by Bibliobutch

People often ask me for recommendations - these are the books that I most often put into people's hands. I've probably purchased a dozen copies of the top row alone!
Mostly novels, some nonfiction, a few poems, some genre but all books that stayed with me after I closed the covers.
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A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Robin Sloan)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
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Robin Sloan
The Gangster We Are All Looking for (Lê Thi Diem Thúy)
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
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Lê Thi Diem Thúy
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 (Francine Prose)
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
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Francine Prose
Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo
Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo
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Jesus Land (Julia Scheeres)
Jesus Land
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Julia Scheeres
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss)
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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Tom Reiss
Zami (Audre Lorde)
Zami
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Audre Lorde
The Magicians (Lev Grossman)
The Magicians
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Lev Grossman
Blanche on the Lam
Blanche on the Lam
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Frog Music
Frog Music
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Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
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Octavia E. Butler
Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Carol Rifka Brunt)
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
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Carol Rifka Brunt
Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson)
Sexing the Cherry
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Jeanette Winterson
Away (Amy Bloom)
Away
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Amy Bloom
Stuck Rubber Baby
Stuck Rubber Baby
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Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
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Daniel Keyes
Rebellion Is the Circle of a Lovers Hands (Martin Espada)
Rebellion Is the Circle of a Lovers Hands
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Martin Espada
The Pushcart War (Jean Merrill)
The Pushcart War
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Jean Merrill
Wild Seed
Wild Seed
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The Family Fang
The Family Fang
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Kate Atkinson)
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
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Kate Atkinson
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
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Edward P. Jones
My Year of Meats, Ruth Ozeki
My Year of Meats, Ruth Ozeki
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When You Reach Me (Rebecca Stead)
When You Reach Me
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Rebecca Stead
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
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Noviolet Bulawayo
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (Manning Marable)
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
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Manning Marable
Blues City: A Walk in Oakland (Ishmael Reed)
Blues City: A Walk in Oakland
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Ishmael Reed
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury (1950)
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury (1950)
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Burma Chronicles (Guy Delisle)
Burma Chronicles
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Guy Delisle
The Panopticon
The Panopticon
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The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends, 1880-1918 (Patricia O'Toole)
The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends, 1880-1918
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Patricia O'Toole
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
The Buddha of Suburbia
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Hanif Kureishi
The Redbreast
The Redbreast
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The Invention of Curried Sausage
The Invention of Curried Sausage
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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Jeanette Winterson
God Help the Child (Toni Morrison)
God Help the Child
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Toni Morrison
The Master Butchers Singing Club (Louise Erdrich)
The Master Butchers Singing Club
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Louise Erdrich
Welcome to Braggsville (T. Geronimo Johnson)
Welcome to Braggsville
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T. Geronimo Johnson
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys by Gilbert K
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys by Gilbert K
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