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Riverhead Books
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The Dial Press
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Henry Holt and Co.
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Claire Keegan
Grove Press
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Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Eric Puchner
Doubleday
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Riverhead Books
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Pamela Dorman Books
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Mel Robbins
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Geraldine Brooks
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Avery
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Random House
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Bill Gates
Knopf
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Knopf
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Grand Central Publishing
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Penguin Press
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Erik Larson
Crown
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Grove Press
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Grand Central
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Poisoned Pen Press
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Margaret Atwood
Vintage
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Vintage
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Penguin
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Milkweed Editions
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Patrick Bringley
Simon & Schuster
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Vintage
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Penguin
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Metropolitan Books
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Tmc Books LLC
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