What is the last book that you read specifically because someone recommended it to you?

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possibly The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, or Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel García Márquez (both recommended by the same person)

I haven't read a book recommended by anyone in a long time, and I generally read non-fiction rather than fiction