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The Dictionary of Lost Words

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Pip Williams's debut novel, a New York Times bestseller and the first Australian novel selected for Reese Witherspoon's Book Club, weaves a fictional narrative through the real history of the Oxford English Dictionary's creation, centering the women and words that were left out of the official record.

Reviewed Aug 21, 2026

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