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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

You Like It Darker by Stephen King

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

James by Percival Everett

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

5.0

You Are Here : A Novel by David Nicholls

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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

4.0

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

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dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

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

5.0

100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Café by Julian Sedgewick

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adventurous dark lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

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reflective sad slow-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

5.0

Deplorable Conversations with Cats and Other Distractions by Yeoh Jo-Ann

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dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.0

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

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dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0