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Burnt Sugar: A Novel

by Avni Doshi

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

Burnt Sugar: A Novel by Avni Doshi appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, fiction, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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