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- ↑ "Best Sellers 2013". The New York Times. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Best Sellers 2016". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ↑ The Ride of Her Life, Goodreads, https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55333765
