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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

If you haven’t read this or Song of the Sun God, you are missing out on incredible writing and stories that need to be told. Shankari is an auto buy author.

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

American Fever by Dur e Aziz Amna

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Songs for the Dead and the Living by Sara M Saleh

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Untethered by Ayesha Inoon

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Light Bringer by Pierce Brown

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

It’s too good, too bloodydamn good. And bloody heartbreaking! I’m not ready for there to just be one more book.

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins