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Cloud Cuckoo Land
By: Anthony Doerr, 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land has an odd title but is sure to be on all the Best Book lists this year. The book has multiple storylines involving an exciting variety of characters spanning hundreds of years, including breaching of the walls of Constantinople, a tragic bombing motivated by environmental terrorism, and a spaceship with a small group of humans traveling to a new home. Each storyline engages on its own, but how he interweaves them highlights his skillful writing: elegantly tied together by a single, fragmented text with existential life questions pondered within it. Throughout this novel, he weaves a love of books, libraries, and even librarians. Readers will be delighted at the conclusion of this chunky tome, though probably sad it is finished.

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