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Salvage: Readings from the Wreck by Dionne Brand

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Greek Lessons: A Novel by Han Kang

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Satantango by László Krasznahorkai

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Weep Not, Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Nostalgia by Mircea Cărtărescu

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness by R.D. Laing

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

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

2.0

State of Siege by Mahmoud Darwish

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Pilgrim Bell: Poems by Kaveh Akbar

3.0