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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Half-Arse Human: How to live better without burning out by Leena Norms

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funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

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

3.75

Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Genuinely re-wired my brain in so many ways. I particularly was grateful to read the chapter on why fatness is does not mean unhealthiness. Think everyone should read this.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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adventurous reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Don't. Make. Tea. by Rob Drummond

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dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Severance by Ling Ma

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adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Rapture by Lucy Kirkwood

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

Will I Ever Have Sex Again?: A disarmingly honest and funny exploration of sex by Sofie Hagen

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I was so gripped by this book! I think having the accuracy in the science just makes it feel so much more real.