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2023 selection · Young readers
There’s No Way I'd Die First
There’s No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around mysteries & thrillers, young adult, the dark side, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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