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    The Sound and the Fury

    by William Faulkner

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    Losing Battles

    by Eudora Welty

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    The Appeal

    by John Grisham

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    Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man

    by Fannie Flagg

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    The Quiet Game

    by Greg Iles

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    The Help

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    The Affair

    by Lee Child

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    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

    by Mildred D. Taylor

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    The Little Friend

    by Donna Tartt

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