Where the Crawdads Sing appears in 33 book lists

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Where the Crawdads Sing appears in 33 book lists on Shepherd.

The best Southern novels about strong Southern women

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The best books that feature a feisty female

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The best books about surviving, thriving, and finding courage in the wilderness

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The best classic and contemporary Southern women’s fiction

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The best discussion novels for your book club with great characters, riveting plots, and twists you’ll never see coming

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The best books for those days when you want the real world to go away

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The best books for knock-your-socks-off escapism and worldbuilding

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The best novels portraying the flawed but indomitable human spirit

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The best books about cultural opposites, southern politics and families

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The best books about smart women trying to figure it all out (sometimes through the help of sea turtles)

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The best historical mystery books with female protagonists

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The best southern stories of nature and society

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The best books featuring heroines who inspired me

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The best coming-of-age novels about breaking cycles of family dysfunction

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The best books for escapism on a rainy Autumn evening

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The best book for anyone who has ever dated the wrong person…and who hasn’t?

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The best novels grab your interest and keep you riveted until the very end

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The best books on surviving childhood adversity and the resilience of our human spirit

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The best books about resilience, belief and triumph over adversity

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The best books about WW2 and women of the Special Operations Executive [S.O.E.]

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