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River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Pepper Seed by Malika Booker

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

Hakim's Odyssey: Book 1: From Syria to Turkey by Fabien Toulmé

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

There Are No Names for Red by Chris Abani

reflective

4.0

A Trace of Sun by Pam Williams

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy

emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Outlandish Blues: 150 Years of Opera, Concert and Ballet in Montevideo by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

4.0

Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Madeleine, Résistante Tome 1 by Madeleine Riffaud, JD Morvan

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0