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Berthoud, Ella.
The novel cure : from abandonment to zestlessness: 751 books to cure what ails you / Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-101-63875-0
1. Fiction—History and criticism—Theory, etc. 2. Reading, Psychology of. 3. Bibliotherapy. 4. Best books. I. Elderkin, Susan. II. Title.
PN3352.P7B47 2013
809.3’9353—dc23 2013017177