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450 reviews

Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

The Impulse Purchase by Veronica Henry

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

3.5

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0