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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is an American former actress and the wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Markle was raised in Los Angeles, California. During her studies at Northwestern University, she began playing small roles in television series and films.

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The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk & E.B. White

Lean In

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

Amy Schumer

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

The Art of Fielding

The Art of Fielding

Chad Harbach

The Giving Tree

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

Big Magic

Big Magic

Elizabeth Gilbert

The Book of Joy

The Book of Joy

Dalai Lama

Who Moved My Cheese?

Who Moved My Cheese?

Spencer Johnson

The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

Yes Please

Yes Please

Amy Poehler

The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

Ripley's Game

Ripley's Game

Patricia Highsmith

Not That Kind of Girl

Not That Kind of Girl

Lena Dunham

The Gap of Time

The Gap of Time

Jeanette Winterson

Wonder

Wonder

R.J. Palacio

Station Eleven

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

The Dud Avocado

The Dud Avocado

Elaine Dundy

The Opposite of Loneliness

The Opposite of Loneliness

Marina Keegan

The Tao of Pooh

The Tao of Pooh

Benjamin Hoff

Sweetbitter

Sweetbitter

Stephanie Danler

In the Company of Women

In the Company of Women

Grace Bonney

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple

Why Not Me?

Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

God Help the Child

God Help the Child

Toni Morrison

The Dress

The Dress

Megan Hess

Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

Dept. of Speculation

Dept. of Speculation

Jenny Offill

Stolen Beauty

Stolen Beauty

Laurie Lico Albanese

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Karen Joy Fowler

I’ll Drink to That

I’ll Drink to That

Betty Halbreich

Prayers for the Stolen

Prayers for the Stolen

Jennifer Clement

Grace

Grace

Grace Coddington

In Vogue

In Vogue

Norberto Angeletti & Alberto Oliva

Food and the City

Food and the City

Ina Yalof

Fates and Furies

Fates and Furies

Lauren Groff

The Kinfolk Table

The Kinfolk Table

Nathan Williams

How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are

How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are

Anne Berest et al.

Go Set a Watchman

Go Set a Watchman

Harper Lee

Notes on a Nervous Planet

Notes on a Nervous Planet

Matt Haig

Requiem For the American Dream

Requiem For the American Dream

Noam Chomsky

The Four-Chambered Heart

The Four-Chambered Heart

Anaïs Nin

Milk and Honey

Milk and Honey

Rupi Kaur

What Pretty Girls Are Made Of

What Pretty Girls Are Made Of

Lindsay Jill Roth

Linda McCartney

Linda McCartney

Annie Leibovitz

Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep

Stephen King

The Hotel on Place Vendome

The Hotel on Place Vendome

Tilar J. Mazzeo

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

Carine Roitfeld

Carine Roitfeld

Carine Roitfeld

Unsaid

Unsaid

Neil Abramson

Bittersweet

Bittersweet

Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

The Coveteur

The Coveteur

Stephanie Mark &‎ Jake Rosenberg

The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo

The Game Changers

The Game Changers

Samantha Brett & Steph Adams

The Paying Guests

The Paying Guests

Sarah Waters

American Tabloid

American Tabloid

James Ellroy

All the Missing Girls

All the Missing Girls

Megan Miranda

It’s What I Do

It’s What I Do

Lynsey Addario

The English Patient

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

The Inner Gym

The Inner Gym

Light Watkins

We Are Not Ourselves

We Are Not Ourselves

Matthew Thomas

Who Rules The World?

Who Rules The World?

Noam Chomsky

Flâneuse

Flâneuse

Lauren Elkin

Together

Together

The Hubb Community Kitchen

The Motivation Manifesto

The Motivation Manifesto

Brendon Burchard

Infidel

Infidel

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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