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206 reviews

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense

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

3.5

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

The Odyssey by Homer

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Emma by Jane Austen

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

Good Poems for Hard Times by Jennifer Michael Hecht, John Keats, Erica Funkhouser, W.H. Auden, Sharon Olds, E.E. Cummings, Kenneth Rexroth, Wendell Berry, Herman Melville, Hayden Carruth, Patricia Hampl, Carl Dennis, X.J. Kennedy, Carl Sandburg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, John Berryman, Fleur Adcock, Philip Booth, Howard Nemerov, Mary Oliver, Liesl Mueller, Rita Dove, Lawrence Raab, Maxine Kumin, Donald Hall, Robert Burns, Stephen Dunn, Stephen Dobyns, John Donne, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Garrison Keillor, Raymond Carver, Elizabeth Bishop, Hilaire Belloc, Kate Light, W.S. Merwin, Charles Bukowski, William Blake, Billy Collins, Thomas Hardy, Jane Kenyon, Noël Coward, Louis MacNeice, Emily Dickinson, Grace Paley, Virginia Hamilton Adair, Galway Kinnell, David Ignatow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jim Harrison, Robert Frost

emotional reflective sad

3.5

Divergent by Veronica Roth

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.5

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Great kids book - fond memories.

Good Poems by Garrison Keillor

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing

5.0

I keep coming back to this compilation again and again. I first read it in high school - I studied and presented a couple poems in speech class - and now it's forever on my bedside table. Just open to a random page when you need something but you're not sure what, and you'll get something out of it.

Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge by Jill Fredston

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

4.0