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by Azar Nafisi · about this book

Loved Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi? If its nonfiction, autobiography and bookish hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Becoming, A Promised Land and On Morrison. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Reading Lolita in Tehran: Nonfiction · Autobiography · Bookish · Literary Criticism · Memoir & Biography

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