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2020 selection · Nonfiction
Swimming In The Dark: A Novel
Swimming In The Dark: A Novel by Tomasz Jedrowski appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, historical fiction, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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