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Stranger danger, but make it literary

LALeila Ahmadi
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An answer to a Shortlist prompt

Books you'd push on a stranger

11 people have answered. The crowd's number one so far: Project Hail Mary

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LALeila Ahmadi@leila

Books I'd recommend to someone I'll never see again, so I can't be blamed if they cry.

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5 things, ranked

1

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel, 2014 openlibrary.org

A pandemic novel that's somehow about hope and Shakespeare. Read it anyway.

3

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke, 2020 openlibrary.org

5

Circe

Madeline Miller, 2018 openlibrary.org

2

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin, 2022 openlibrary.org

4

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005 openlibrary.org

The less you know going in, the harder it lands.

1

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel, 2014 openlibrary.org

A pandemic novel that's somehow about hope and Shakespeare. Read it anyway.

4

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005 openlibrary.org

The less you know going in, the harder it lands.

2

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin, 2022 openlibrary.org

5

Circe

Madeline Miller, 2018 openlibrary.org

3

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke, 2020 openlibrary.org

1

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel, 2014 openlibrary.org

A pandemic novel that's somehow about hope and Shakespeare. Read it anyway.

3

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke, 2020 openlibrary.org

5

Circe

Madeline Miller, 2018 openlibrary.org

2

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin, 2022 openlibrary.org

4

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005 openlibrary.org

The less you know going in, the harder it lands.

1

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel, 2014 openlibrary.org

A pandemic novel that's somehow about hope and Shakespeare. Read it anyway.

4

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005 openlibrary.org

The less you know going in, the harder it lands.

2

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin, 2022 openlibrary.org

5

Circe

Madeline Miller, 2018 openlibrary.org

3

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke, 2020 openlibrary.org

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