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Rachel Khong

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Eat Only When You're Hungry

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Similarity Score: 0.945

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Companion Piece

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Similarity Score: 0.935

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Other People's Houses

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Similarity Score: 0.93

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Joan Is Okay

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Similarity Score: 0.927

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The Office of Historical Corrections

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Similarity Score: 0.925

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Wellness

Nathan Hill

Similarity Score: 0.925

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What It's Like in Words

Eliza Moss

Similarity Score: 0.918

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All Fours

Miranda July

Similarity Score: 0.914

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Eat Only When You’re Hungry

Lindsay Hunter

Similarity Score: 0.904

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Tell Me Everything

Elizabeth Strout

Similarity Score: 0.904

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The Mothers

Brit Bennett

Similarity Score: 0.901

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Anything Is Possible

Elizabeth Strout

Similarity Score: 0.901

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The English Problem

Beena Kamlani

Similarity Score: 0.894

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Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery

Similarity Score: 0.893

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Mona Acts Out

Mischa Berlinski

Similarity Score: 0.892

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The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

Annie Lyons

Similarity Score: 0.89

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan

Similarity Score: 0.888

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Swing Time

Zadie Smith

Similarity Score: 0.888

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Anatomy of a Miracle

Jonathan Miles

Similarity Score: 0.883

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Rental House

Weike Wang

Similarity Score: 0.881

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Either/Or

Elif Batuman

Similarity Score: 0.881

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A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Alicia Elliott

Similarity Score: 0.877

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The Polish Boxer

Eduardo Halfon

Similarity Score: 0.876

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The Last Samurai

Helen DeWitt

Similarity Score: 0.876

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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Angie Cruz

Similarity Score: 0.874

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