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Autumn: A Novel

by Ali Smith

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Autumn: A Novel by Ali Smith appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, book club ideas, for art lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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