Babel By R.F. Kuang

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Babel
Babel
By R.F. Kuang
With over 41,000 five-star Goodreads ratings, everyone’s buzzing about this “spellbinding” instant #1 New York Times bestseller (Oprah Daily) that’s taken the book world by storm! In 19th-century England, orphaned Robin is educated by a mysterious professor and enrolls in Oxford University… where a secretive society transforms his life. Take it from the New York Times Book Review: “Babel has earned tremendous praise and deserves all of it.”

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