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139 reviews

In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares by Lindsey Wade

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Secret Lives of Introverts: Inside Our Hidden World by Jenn Granneman

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

Betting On You by Lynn Painter

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-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

The Fort by Gordon Korman

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? Yes

5.0

One Bad Mother: A Mother's Search for Meaning in the Police Academy by Megan Williams

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? No

4.75

10/7: 100 Human Stories by Lee Yaron

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Call Me God: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper Investigation by Peter McDonnell, Tim Clemente, Jim Clemente

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75