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55 reviews

The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

4.5

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

5.0

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy

The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku

adventurous informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0