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Clare Leslie Hall
Simon & Schuster
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Liz Moore
Riverhead Books
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Ballantine Books
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Simon & Schuster
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Henry Holt and Co
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Flatiron Books
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David Baldacci
Grand Central Publishing
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Riverhead Books
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Random House
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Knopf
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John Green
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Vintage
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Emily Henry
Berkley
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Amor Towles
Penguin Books
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Knopf
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Penguin
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Vintage
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