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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up With the Universe by Ken Krimstein

4.0

Surprisingly interesting 

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

4.5

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American by Laura Gao

1.0

Tintin in the Congo by Hergé

challenging

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

2.5

A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories by Mariana Enríquez

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer

Pieces and Players by Blue Balliett

2.0

PET by Akwaeke Emezi

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders