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Nettle & Bone

by T. Kingfisher

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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, the dark side, fiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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