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Oprah Winfrey has chosen 19-year-old Leila Mottley’s “Nightcrawling,” a debut novel about a young Black woman from East Oakland and her battles with poverty, racism and the police, for next book club pick.

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Recommendations for wherever you prefer to devour hundreds of pages in a single sitting, whether it’s at the beach or in your home.

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