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Which off-beat nonfiction book title would you likely read?

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Which off-beat nonfiction book title would you likely read?

  • 'The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating' by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
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  • 'I Was Told There’d Be Cake' by Sloane Crosley
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  • 'Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party' by Edward Dolnick
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  • 'Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes' by Daniel L. Everett
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  • 'The Man Who Walked Backward' by Ben Montgomery
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