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102 reviews

Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au

emotional inspiring relaxing 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? No

5.0

A stunning novel about how memories and stories (and therefore, people) are held and connected, passed along and sometimes forgotten. 

The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing by Carl Phillips

inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I finished this feeling simultaneously inspired and conflicted - a whole wilderness of emotions, doubts, possibilities, and impossibilities. And now, I’m going to write. 

Generations: A Memoir by Lucille Clifton

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes on by Franny Choi

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

adventurous 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? No

3.5

Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0