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Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around rather long, staff picks, historical fiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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