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2022 selection · Fiction & literature
All This Could Be Different: A Novel
All This Could Be Different: A Novel by Sarah Thankam Mathews appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, funny stuff, identity & culture, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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