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Crockett Johnson, Harold and the Purple Crayon

Julie Otsuka, The Swimmers

Lauren Sompayrac, How the Immune System Works

Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

Lorrie Moore, "People Like That Are the Only People Here"

Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication

John Lanchester, The Debt to Pleasure

Jonathan Miller, On Further Reflection

T.C. Boyle, "Chicxulub"

Alice and Martin Provensen, Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm

Joseph Conrad, "Youth"

Dan Chaon, Ill Will