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Miss Iceland
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir2020 selection · Fiction & literature
Miss Iceland
Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around historical fiction, fiction, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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