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Jennifer Lang Author Of Places We Left Behind: A Memoir-in-Miniature

From Jennifer's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Jennifer's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Jennifer Lang Why Jennifer loves this book

A friend urged me to read this book and I spent the first few parts wondering why, disliking the characters, not feeling the urgency to read. And then, it all changed. A new part began. I turned the page. Everything changed. This was one of the most unique books whose narrator surprised me along the way.

By Yael Van Der Wouden ,

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8 authors picked The Safekeep as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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* SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE *

Longlisted for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize • A Best Book of 2024: Time, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, The Sunday Times (London)

“Remarkable…Compelling…Fine and taut…Indelible.” —The New York Times • “Moving, unnerving, and deeply sexy.” —Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with the Pearl Earring • “A brilliant debut, as multi-faceted as a gem.” —Kirkus Reviews

A “razor-sharp, perfectly plotted” (The Sunday Times, London) tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of…


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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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Jennifer Lang Author Of Places We Left Behind: A Memoir-in-Miniature

From Jennifer's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Creative Writer Yogini Experimenter Wayfarer

Jennifer's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Jennifer Lang Why Jennifer loves this book

A phenomenal and inspiring suite to Abi Daré's The Girl with the Louding Voice. I was thrilled to find that the young Adunni was still in Lagos and hoping to be educated and fighting to be heard. This is a story of so many important themes: voice, education, power, community, and love. Be sure to read the two in order.

By Abi Daré ,

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1 author picked And So I Roar as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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A stunning, inspiring new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice

When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother—terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria—and her aunt, the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades.

Back home in Lagos a few days later, Adunni, a plucky fourteen-year-old runaway, is lying awake in Tia's guest room. Having escaped from her rural village in a desperate bid to seek a better future,…


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