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whats in my library 🤨

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reading has been my lifelong hobby and the following are books i genuinely believe you must read at least once!
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crime / mystery

one of my top most read genres and for good reason. i genuinely reach flowstate with this type of book, sometimes reading 3 in one setting. if youre ever overstimulated from life, turn off overhead light, have rain background music playing in your he...Ā 

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crime mysteries is my second most read genres, and this book has one of the best plots especially being in a country setting. it wasnt slow or easy to guess. if you want a book that keeps you reading and also based in Australia, definitely check this...
The Dry by Jane Harper, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Housemaid by Freida McFadden, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ...
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Paperback
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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Mystic River: A Novel by Dennis Lehane, Paperback - Barnes & Noble
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Karin Slaughter's Will Trent Series | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
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as part of Jane Harper’s trilogy featuring protagonist Aaron Falk, the final book ā€˜Exiles’ takes place in his friend Raco’s home town. A pretty good double plot twist, and spoiler alert! it shows what i think is a good clear example of how your partn...
Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3) by Jane Harper - Goodreads
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historical fiction

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The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, Paperback
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Once by Morris Gleitzman, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Paperback - Barnes & Noble
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, Paperback
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political science

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Orientalism by Edward W. Said, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Paperback
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman|Paperback - Barnes & Noble
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave ...
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The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Barnes & Noble
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison - Barnes & Noble
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney, Paperback
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The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality - Barnes & Noble
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Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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Ornamentalism by Anne Anlin Cheng, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Selected Works of Audre Lorde|Paperback - Barnes & Noble
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the ...
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Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth ...
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environmental science

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The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of ...
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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More ...
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate ...
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The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our ...
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
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The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines
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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
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The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism ...
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and ...
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The Comfort of Crows (Reese's Book Club Pick): A Backyard Year
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Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Anxiety
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan, Paperback
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The Children of the Anthropocene: Stories from the Young People at ...
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The Grassling|Paperback - Elizabeth-Jane Burnett - Barnes & Noble
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human biology

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i studied biology in highschool and kind of assumed i knew all there was to know about the human body but after reading this book, i was genuinely inspired and in awe. there is so many facts, helpful information you can apply to your life without it ...
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
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my first book on learning about traumatic stress and its effects on our body and how we live.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of ...
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When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress - Barnes & Noble
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
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The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions ...
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The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and ...
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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The Self-Assembling Brain: How Neural Networks Grow Smarter
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Cognitive neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Books | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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if you want to cry

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The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas - Barnes & Noble
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow|Paperback - Barnes & Noble
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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Atmosphere: A Love Story (GMA Book Club Pick) - Barnes & Noble
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's ...
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to yearn is to earn!

slow burns, friends to lovers, independent and skilful women protagonists, men who YEARN!
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i relate to elizabeth and her older sister jane so much, their thought processes and personalities made this book even more engaging. an independent, intelligent woman is my favourite protagonist ever! Ā any romance with a gentleman who YEARNS, is an automatic yes!
Pride and Prejudice (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)
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People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry, Paperback
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Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Paperback | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas - Barnes & Noble
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Binding 13 (Standard Edition) - Chloe Walsh - Barnes & Noble
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classics

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everything in this book is believable which makes it more disturbing. i honestly had zero interest initially but after a few pages i had finished it in 2 days.
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this is one of my favourite dystopian novels so far, i feel like every book i doubt turns out to be the best ones. the best reading pace and the way the author wrote offred’s thought process perfectly. huge fact too is that all the events in this sto...
The Handmaid's Tale | Barnes & NobleĀ®
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