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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
A small-town Alabama childhood, a courtroom, and a father who tries to explain both to his daughter.
Literary Fiction
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
- Reading Challenge Pick
Sethe escaped slavery years ago. The house she lives in has not let her leave it behind.
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- Literary Fiction
- Audience
- Adult
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- Historical
- Haunting
- Literary
About the book
Morrison's novel of memory, motherhood and haunting is unflinching and formally daring, told in fragments that gather force as they assemble.
Why we recommend it
Difficult in the best sense. Read it with someone else so you have somewhere to put the weight of it.
Reading challenge selection
Prompt: A Book With a Strong Female Lead
Sethe is one of the most fully realised women in American fiction.
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