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all my 2015 book recommendations

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I love books that are told solely through letters, and this one is the author’s 20-year correspondence with a London bookseller. The author didn’t just research this stuff; she actually lived that way herself and then wrote about what it was like. Brick Lane , by Monica Ali. 84, Charing Cross Road , by Helene Hanff.