Beloved appears in 30 book lists

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Beloved appears in 30 book lists on Shepherd.

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The best books that bring together the characters’ life of feeling and their cultural context and moment in history

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The best books about birth, one of our greatest underexplored subjects

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The best novels whose women characters don’t or won’t conform

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The best books that bring history to life in all its strange and unsettling glory

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The best books where the past is another country, and you want to visit it

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The best books that only get better with time

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The best literary novels for inducing laughter and tears on the same page

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The best novels where real-life horror meets the supernatural

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The best novels on the intersection of race, class, and justice in America

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The best books about flawed, fierce, and fascinating mothers

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The best books featuring heroines who inspired me

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The best books to remind you that yours is not the only crazy family

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The best books for putting the Dobbs decision in deep historical context

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The best Southern Gothic books for today’s readers

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The best literary novels with elements of fantasy

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The best books to make you rethink America

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The best books on magic realism where the real world is filled with mystical or supernatural phenomena

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