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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Maidens

Alex Michaelides

3.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

4.75

emotional hopeful sad medium-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

Big Girl

Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation

S. Bear Bergman, Kate Bornstein

3.5

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

5.0

sad slow-paced

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

4.0

funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

The Book of Salt

Monique Truong

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

In a German Pension: 13 Stories

Katherine Mansfield

3.5

funny hopeful relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

Marisha Pessl

2.75

dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated