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Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
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William Styron
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
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Jonathan Franzen
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
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The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
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Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
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Song of Solomon
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