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216 reviews

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen

emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS by David France

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Human Acts by Han Kang

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Auē by Becky Manawatu

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Rememberings by Sinéad O'Connor

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined by J.J. Bola

informative medium-paced

3.5

Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America by Eyal Press

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

dark medium-paced

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

3.0