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Books Discussed

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

Exit West by Moshin Hamid

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin