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Post 2020 Reading Challenges - A 21st Century Break

Reading challenges have had me spending so much time anywhere between fifty years to a millennium ago that I'm more than ready for some contemporary works. Here is the pool that I'll be drawing from in the coming months, largely made up of books that have been on my shelves for far too long.
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The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
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Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng
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Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire
Susannah Cahalan
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Rachel Joyce)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce
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Infidel (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)
Infidel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly
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Feed (Mira Grant)
Feed
Mira Grant
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The Orchardist (Amanda Coplin)
The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Atul Gawande
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The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson
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The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein
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Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain (Portia De Rossi)
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Portia De Rossi
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Heartsick (Chelsea Cain)
Heartsick
Chelsea Cain
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Deborah Blum)
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Deborah Blum
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The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (Heidi W. Durrow)
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Heidi W. Durrow
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The Time in Between (María Dueñas)
The Time in Between
María Dueñas
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Mao's Last Dancer (Li Cunxin)
Mao's Last Dancer
Li Cunxin
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The Night Watch (Sarah Waters)
The Night Watch
Sarah Waters
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Among Others (Jo Walton)
Among Others
Jo Walton
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Geisha, a Life (Mineko Iwasaki)
Geisha, a Life
Mineko Iwasaki
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Out of Oz (Gregory Maguire)
Out of Oz
Gregory Maguire
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The Other Typist (Suzanne Rindell)
The Other Typist
Suzanne Rindell
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An Untamed State (Roxane Gay)
An Untamed State
Roxane Gay
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The Death of Bees (Lisa O'Donnell)
The Death of Bees
Lisa O'Donnell
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Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries
Terese Marie Mailhot
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Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives (David Eagleman)
Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives
David Eagleman
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Turn of Mind (Alice Laplante)
Turn of Mind
Alice Laplante
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The True Story of Hansel and Gretel (Louise Murphy)
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
Louise Murphy
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx (Adrian Nicole Leblanc)
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
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The Widower's Tale (Julia Glass)
The Widower's Tale
Julia Glass
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The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb (Melanie Benjamin)
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
Melanie Benjamin
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Delusions of Gender (Cordelia Fine)
Delusions of Gender
Cordelia Fine
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Sex With Kings (Eleanor Herman)
Sex With Kings
Eleanor Herman
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson)
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Carol Anderson
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To the End of the Land (David Grossman)
To the End of the Land
David Grossman
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How to Breathe Underwater (Julie Orringer)
How to Breathe Underwater
Julie Orringer
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The Bucolic Plague (Josh Kilmer-Purcell)
The Bucolic Plague
Josh Kilmer-Purcell
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Blue Asylum (Kathy Hepinstall)
Blue Asylum
Kathy Hepinstall
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London: The Biography (Peter Ackroyd)
London: The Biography
Peter Ackroyd
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The Siege (Helen Dunmore)
The Siege
Helen Dunmore
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