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The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)

13th August 2019 jng 0

The Cement Garden Author: Ian McEwan List: Open Option Year of publication: 1978 Pages: 144 Goodreads: The Cement Garden          

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I Never Promised you a Rose Garden (Joanne Greenberg)

13th August 2019 jng 0

I Never Promised you a Rose Garden Author: Joanne Greenberg List: Open Option Year of publication: 1964 Pages: 288 Goodreads: I Never Promised you a Rose Garden          

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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)

14th June 2019 jng 0

Catch-22 Author: Joseph Heller List: Open Option Category: war Year of publication: 1961 Pages: 453 Goodreads: Catch-22          

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Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)

25th February 2019 jng 0

Waiting for the Barbarians Author: J.M. Coetzee List: Open Option Year of publication: 1980 Pages: 152 Goodreads: Waiting for the Barbarians            

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Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)

28th November 2018 jng 0

Mother Night Author: Kurt Vonnegut Label: open option Year of publication: 1961 Pages: 176 Goodreads: Mother Night        

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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)

26th October 2018 jng 0

Slaughter-House Five Author: Kurt Vonnegut List: Open Option Category: war Year of publication: 1969 Pages: 215 Goodreads: Slaughter-House Five            

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Wild Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)

19th August 2018 jng 0

Wild Sargasso Sea Author: Jean Rhys List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1966 Pages: 166 [ ½ ] Goodreads: Wild Sargasso Sea            

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The Chosen (Chaim Potok)

19th August 2018 jng 0

The Chosen Author: Chaim Potok List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1967 Pages: 304 Goodreads: The Chosen            

Modern Classic

The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)

18th August 2018 jng 0

The Bell Jar Author: Sylvia Plath List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1963 Pages: 244 Goodreads: The Bell Jar          

Modern Classic

On Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Ken Kesey)

18th August 2018 jng 0

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Author: Ken Kesey List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1962 Pages: 320 Goodreads: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest          

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