My 10 Most Recommended Books

Which books have I actually recommended to people I've met in person?

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Books Mentioned:
-The Bean Trees
-Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
-Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (translated from French by Anjali Singh, Mattias Ripa, and Blake Ferris)
-Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
-Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
-A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
-Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder
-The Door by Magda Szabó (translated from Hungarian by Len Rix)
-Embers by Sandor Márai (translated from the German translation of the original Hungarian by Carol Brown Janeway)
-The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography by Deborah Levy


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00:00 Introoo
01:26 The Bean Trees
02:54 Disgrace
04:57 Persepolis
06:56 Barchester Towers
08:30 Regarding the Pain of Others
10:20 A Brightness Long Ago
12:06 Bloodlands
13:59 The Door
15:27 Embers
17:00 The Cost of Living
19:15 Bai