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259 reviews

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

medium-paced

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

3.0

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

challenging mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Men Without Women: Stories by Haruki Murakami

reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Favorite stories: Drive My Car, Yesterday, Men Without Women 

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

adventurous challenging reflective 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? Yes

4.0

Favorite stories: Stories of your Life, Hell is the Absence of God, 

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen

reflective medium-paced

3.5

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Suicide attempt

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Classism

The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib

dark reflective medium-paced

4.0