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Prompt from 1w

Books you'd push on a stranger

If you could hand one person on the train a book, which five would you choose from?

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  1. 1Secondhand bookshop regular's picks@zoeMiddlemarch, East of Eden, Stoner20
  2. 2Stranger danger, but make it literary@leilaStation Eleven, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Piranesi20
  3. 3The ones I press into hands at parties@tomaszLonesome Dove, Project Hail Mary, East of Eden13
  4. 4Books worth missing your stop for@greenhandsBraiding Sweetgrass, The Overstory, Piranesi10
  5. 5Five books I keep buying for other people@pixelpriProject Hail Mary, Stoner, A Gentleman in Moscow9
  6. 6Five books for a stranger on the train@devjunProject Hail Mary, Exhalation, Klara and the Sun8
  7. 7Books I'd push on a stranger@mayaKlara and the Sun, Piranesi, Project Hail Mary8
  8. 8My airport bookshop sermon@aisha_kProject Hail Mary, The Count of Monte Cristo, Recursion5
  9. 9Books I lent out and never got back (no regrets)@samiraA Gentleman in Moscow, Lonesome Dove, The Secret History3
  10. 10If you sat next to me at a bus stop@lucy_hPiranesi, The Count of Monte Cristo, Station Eleven3
  11. 11Non-fiction for people who think they hate non-fiction@rosa_mSay Nothing, Educated, H Is for Hawk2