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I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

adventurous mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

Such a dramatic yet fun story that portrays the author's inner struggles against societal expectations, ambition, and guilt in a way that is deeply tangible and modern.

Cries in the Drizzle by Yu Hua

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adventurous dark sad medium-paced

3.75

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced

3.0

Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise: A Novel by Yi-Han Lin

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dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

"You can pretend that the world is only made up of macarons, pour-over coffee, and imported stationery. But you can also choose to experience all the pain that Si-Chi has endured."

"You must tightly embrace Si-Chi's suffering. You can become Si-Chi, and then live on for her, live well for both yourself and for Si-Chi."

— Yi-Han Lin, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise

Red Rose, White Rose by Karen S. Kingsbury, Eileen Chang

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emotional relaxing sad fast-paced

3.75

A collection of short stories including "Red Rose, White Rose". A total of 290 pages.

To Live by Yu Hua

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emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.25

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

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inspiring relaxing slow-paced