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Read With Bel Canto Books

Curated by Bel Canto Books

About the Curator
Bel Canto Books is a proudly woman- and POC-owned independent bookstore based in Long Beach, California, with a mission to foster joy, creativity, and curiosity, one book, one connection at a time.

About the Folio

These six books by women and AAPI writers exemplify our bookstore’s commitment to showcasing compelling storytelling that dives deeply into unexplored or overlooked lives and perspectives.

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Bel Canto

Ann Patchett
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Bel Canto

Bel Canto

By Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett’s amazing novel “Bel Canto,” about a gathering of opera-loving businessmen and politicians just before a coup breaks out in a South American country, is on my must-read list because 1) she’s one of my favorite writers and her book inspired the name of our bookstore, 2) of the way this book beautifully complicates the easy opposition between hero and villain, and 3) it’s a smart page-turner that will leave you breathless until the end.

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