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Love Medicine
Classic · Fiction, Historical Fiction, Native American

Love Medicine

by Louise Erdrich
1984 · 367 pages · Fiction
49 Classic ★ 4.01 on Goodreads · 29K ratings
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

NBCC Award (Fiction) winner (1984). 4.01★ from 29K Goodreads ratings.

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49Must-Read Score
  • Critics46 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
  • Readers53 out of 100 · counts 50%+30
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

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