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Mind-expanding reading from the novelists bookshelf.

The singer-songwriter recommends three favorites.

The author of Midnight in Peking on masterpieces of true crime writing.

Three classics from the bestselling author's bookshelf.

The author and historian on books that shed light on a global cataclysm.

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