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2023 selection · Fiction & literature
Kantika
Kantika by Elizabeth Graver appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around historical fiction, love & romance, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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