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1 author picked The Belles as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Gorgeous writing, a stunning plot, evocative scene-setting—I could not ask for more from this wonderful debut novel about social class and cutthroat competition at a women's college in the 1950s. Swift, surprising -- this fabulously creepy story had me on my toes from the first word to the last.

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