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cbabe

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4. Beloved and Grapes of Wrath from the list. Adding to the list:

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Sat Jun 6, 2026, 01:35 PM

17 hrs ago

My Antonia/Will Cather

My Jim/Nancy Rawles
Jim’s (Huckleberry Finn) wife tells her story

The Last Town on Earth/Thomas Mullen
Small mountain town quarantines itself against WWI flu epidemic. Until soldier sons of the village try to come home.

…every human value–love, patriotism, community, family, friendship–not to mention the town’s very survival, is imperiled.

Shades of Covid.

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Readers' top 100 novels of all time [View all] cbabe 19 hrs ago OP

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Beloved and Grapes of Wrath from the list. Adding to the list: cbabe 17 hrs ago #4

I can relate to many books on this list WestMichRad 12 hrs ago #5