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Norwegian Wood

★★☆☆☆
Toru, a young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, but their mutual passion is marred by the death of their beir friend years before...

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Memoirs of a Geisha

★★★★☆
A world where women's artistry is to entice the most powerful men; where their virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder, and where love is scorned...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

★★★★★
A classic study of shallowness, vanity, casual cruelty and hedonistic selfishness, all presented as a suspenseful Gothic horror novel

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Station Eleven

★★★★☆
Story detailing the lives of a group people living before, through and after a pandemic wipes most of humanity. 'Survival is insufficient' - Star Trek Voyager

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The Handmaid's Tale

★★★☆☆
The Handmaid's Tale is an incredibly well-written dystopian tome, presented as a diary of "Handmaid", living in an extremely misogynistic, horrifying world.

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Sharp Objects

★★★☆☆
Disturbing story. Disturbing characters. This book will make you feel uncomfortable, that's what Gillian Flynn does best!

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The Palace of Illusions

★★★★☆
Inside the mind of the fire-born one

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