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The Weight of This World
The Weight of This World
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October 1, 2025
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October 31, 2025
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Now Reading: Post-1990
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Chosen by poll as post-1990 book for October 2025.

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Mark Westmoreland
Apr 26, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction, southern-lit, crime
The Weight of This World is a demolition derby of pain and beauty. It hurts to read but there's beauty in every word and that's what keeps you reading. ...more
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Steve
Aug 29, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Steve
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