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524 reviews

My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir by Sarah Moss

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.0

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Coin by Yasmin Zaher

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America by Aaron Robertson

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

Nuclear War : A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0