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459 reviews

The Phoenix Crown by Janie Chang, Kate Quinn

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adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-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

3.75

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

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dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

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

2.75

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Evil Eye by Etaf Rum

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

3.75