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2014 selection · Nonfiction
The Girl Next Door: A Novel
The Girl Next Door: A Novel by Ruth Rendell appears in NPR’s 2014 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, the dark side, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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Life After Life
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This House Is Haunted
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