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From Hulapants' 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Hulapants loves this book

I absolutely loved all of the characters

By Liane Moriarty ,

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9 authors picked Here One Moment as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband’s Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world.
 
“A riveting story so wild you don’t know how she’ll land it, and then she does, on a dime.”—Anne Lamott

Life is full of twists and turns you never see coming. But what if you did?
 
The plane is jam-packed. Every seat is taken. So of course the flight is delayed! Flight attendant Allegra Patel likes her job—she’s generally happy with her…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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From Andrew's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Most of Markus Zusak's novels include memorable dogs. In this memoir-ish book, he tells of his love for unlovable mongrels, and the havoc they create.

By Markus Zusak ,

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1 author picked Three Wild Dogs and the Truth as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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'Truthful - and often very funny - this is as true a book about a dog as you will find' - The Telegraph

In this poignant, funny and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the world's most beloved storytellers, bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells of his family's adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs - a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of animals family.

What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs - Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and…


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