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The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

War Lord by Bernard Cornwell

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America by Virginia DeJohn Anderson

informative slow-paced

4.0

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight by Timothy Pachirat

dark informative sad fast-paced

3.0

Black Ranching Frontiers: African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500-1900 by Andrew Sluyter

informative medium-paced

4.0

Cattle in the Postcolumbian Americas: A Zooarchaeological Historical Study by Nicolas Delsol

informative slow-paced

3.0

North American Cattle Ranching Frontiers: Origins, Diffusion, And Differentiation by Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov

informative slow-paced

3.0

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans

hopeful informative fast-paced

2.0