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Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Mindfulness and the Big Questions: Philosophy for now by Ben Irvine

reflective fast-paced

0.25

An Eye for an Eye by Malorie Blackman

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Futurevision: Scenarios for the World in 2040 by Richard Watson, Oliver Freeman

adventurous funny informative tense fast-paced

4.0

The Good Crash: An Oral History of the Post-Scarcity Collapse by R. Vondersnitch

lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin by Jan Stocklassa

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

Assassin's Apprentice Volume 1 by Robin Hobb, Jody Houser

adventurous challenging tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Abandonment

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-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? Yes

5.0