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A life in books

Five Books I’ve Read

An occasional series of five thematically linked short reviews of books I’d particularly recommend

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Five Short Story Collections I've Read
Five Novels I've Read About Food
Five Novels I've Read About Books
Five Novels I've Read About Immigrants
Five Australian Novels I've Read
Five Irish Books I've Read
Five Novels I've Read About Friendship

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