Where the Crawdads Sing appears in 44 book lists

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Where the Crawdads Sing appears in 44 book lists on Shepherd.

The best mystery books that hold you in suspense, with your heart pounding, until the end

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The best books where loyalty, morality, and friendship collide with the law

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The best books about Southern rural crime

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The best books which have an element of the environment having a significant impact

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The best coming-of-age, slow burn thrillers

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The best books that take place in America’s deep South

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The best books about men and women trying to live normal lives in a world clouded by murder, deception and love

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The best thrillers with twists

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The best beach reads that I enjoyed this summer

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The best jaw-dropping books about family connections that will make you laugh, cry and scream

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The best crime novels about good people who do bad things

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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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