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Recommendations From

Susan Orlean

Writer of true stories and bestselling books whose bylines have graced the pages of The New Yorker, Vogue, Rolling Stone, and more.

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
The Promise by Damon Galgut
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
The Assassination of Jesse James by Ron Hansen
The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra
There There by Tommy Orange
We Germans by Alexander Starritt
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
On Animals by Susan Orlean
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Luster by Raven Leilani
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Dept. Of Speculation by Jenny Offill

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