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• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver · 2022 I finished this feeling battered but not manipulated. A Whole Life Built Out of Emergency Repairs YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson · 2022 I liked this book much more than I expected to, which is inconvenient because it is also much stranger and more upsetting than the premise initially suggests. The Poster Was Never the Problem by Itself YES
• CLASSICS Roundtable Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 1813 The romance is good, but the book is better when it is talking about money, family reputation, class, and the consequences of letting a funny person avoid responsibility. The Rent Is Due, and So Is Your Marriage YES
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  LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Queen Birgitta Trotzig · 1985 I also would not pretend it is an easy recommendation. A Hard Life Is Not the Same as a Strong One DEPENDS
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable The Calamity Club Kathryn Stockett · 2026 It is messier and more melodramatic than it needs to be, but I believed in the women more than I believed in the machinery around them. The Girls Are the Point, Even When the Plot Forgets YES
• HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable The Nightingale Kristin Hannah · 2015 But if you are willing to accept a book that is sometimes blunt, repetitive, and openly designed to make you cry, there is a lot here that matters. The War Is Terrible, and the Book Knows It DEPENDS
• POETRY Roundtable Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein · 1974 It is also inventive, direct, and very good at making a physical detail carry an entire joke. The Joke Is Usually Better When It Has Consequences YES

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