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This Book Is No Joke

Published: Sept. 6, 2018, 10 a.m.

Which books do you wish you'd read in high school? Frank and Gwen offer up some ideas\xa0and then move on to city novels with urban themes and a picture book\xa0about a dog who tries to be a fork. Plus: what to do if you can't get enough of the Queer Eye guys.

Book Recommendations

"NYT: If You Could Add One Book to the High School Curriculum, What Would It Be?"

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Bull by David Elliott

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

The City and the City by China Mi\xe9ville

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

Non-Book Recommendations

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Short videos of the Queer Eye guys\xa0on YouTube, such as\xa09 Things They\u2019ve Never Done Before\xa0(in which Jonathan and Tan bedazzle a tie), a round of\xa0Never Have I Ever, and a bizarre social-media compliment battle.\xa0