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by Lucretia Grindle
Published Jan 2013
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by Paula McLain
Published Nov 2012
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by Hans Fallada
Published Mar 2010
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by A.L. Kennedy
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by Owen Sheers
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by Danny Scheinmann
Published Jan 2009
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by Mark Slouka
Published Mar 2008
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by Phillipe Claudel
Published Jun 2007
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by Irene Nemirovsky
Published Apr 2007
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by Anonymous
Published Jul 2006
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by Yasmina Khadra
Published Apr 2005
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