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488 reviews

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Matilda by Mary Shelley

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Night by Elie Wiesel

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

The Essential Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God by Carl Sagan

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

Uncle Tom's Children by Richard Wright

dark emotional 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

5.0

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Dusk of Dawn!: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of Race Concept by W.E.B. Du Bois

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

The Possessed by Albert Camus

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5