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31 reviews

Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

emotional inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Vomit

The Great Philosophers: Wittgenstein by Peter Hacker

informative slow-paced

3.25

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Rosenshine's Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington

informative slow-paced

4.0

The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically by Peter Singer

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers by David Edmonds, John Eidinow

challenging informative slow-paced

3.25

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25