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2022 selection · Nonfiction
Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier
Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier by Susan Jonusas appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, eye-opening reads, the dark side, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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