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Books With the Most Compelling Prose
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Whether fiction or non-fiction, these are standout stories. Along with unique turns of phrase, these thirty books also have plotlines, structures and characters like nothing I have read before.
This is paintbrush prose. You read a paragraph and have to close your eyes for a few seconds, to dwell in the painting and music of it. To appreciate the mastery of this craft. These are books that you begin reading and realize: oh, this is something different.
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