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The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
★★★★· Published 2018· 421 pages· read 2019
The AIDS crisis in 1980s Chicago, braided with a mother searching in present-day Paris. Devastating and unforgettable.
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★ 5Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
A coal merchant in small-town Ireland has to decide whether to look away. Tiny book, enormous moral weight. Cried, naturally.
★ 5Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
The story behind the death of Shakespeare's son, centered on his wife. Luminous. I cried.
The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman
A lighthouse keeper and his wife keep a baby that washes ashore — and it wrecks everyone. Cried.