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Andre Soares Author Of The Hourglass Network

From Andre's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Andre's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Andre Soares Why Andre loves this book

A Little Life is a heartbreaking story that blurs the line between fiction and nonfiction. It is a cautionary tale of childhood trauma, unbreakable bonds, disability, and the love that blooms in the midst of it all.

More importantly, Hanya Yanagihara's masterpiece is a powerful exploration of friendship, community, and how a deeply connected village can mean the difference between life and death, between joy and despair.

A must-read.

By Hanya Yanagihara ,

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14 authors picked A Little Life as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2015
Shortlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction 2016
Winner of Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2016
Finalist for the US National Book Awards 2015

The million copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance.

When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted,…


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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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Tamela J. Gordon Author Of Hood Wellness

From Tamela's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Tamela's 3 favorite reads in 2024

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During a time when discussions about Palestine and the people who live there lacks nuance and thoughtful reflection, The Message takes a direct approach at amplifying the voices and experiences of Palestinians while also addressing the misperceptions and ignorance of outsiders

By Ta-Nehisi Coates ,

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

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The renowned author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities.

“Ta-Nehisi Coates always writes with a purpose. . . . These pilgrimages, for him, help ground his powerful writing about race.”—Associated Press

“Coates exhorts readers, including students, parents, educators, and journalists, to challenge conventional narratives that can be used to justify ethnic cleansing or camouflage racist policing. Brilliant and timely.”—Booklist (starred review)

Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about…


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