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If you could recommend only one book to another soul, what would it be and why?

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The Ash Trials

by Amy Suto

Fantasy
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Quicksilver

by Callie Hart

Fantasy
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The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease

by Daniel E. Lieberman

Health, Fitness & Dieting
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The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters

by Sean B. Carroll

Science
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

by Jared M. Diamond

Science
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

by Prof Richard Dawkins

Science
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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals

by Steve Brusatte

Animals & Nature
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First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human

by Jeremy DeSilva

Science
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The Dragons of Eden

by Carl Sagan

Science
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The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

Science
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Darwin's Cathedral

by David Sloan Wilson

Science
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The Greatest Show on Earth

by Richard Dawkins

Science
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