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The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

Fascinating look at the world of words, translation, and writing, with bonus hilarious footnotes.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Suicide, Infidelity, and Medical content

Wool by Hugh Howey

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Really enjoyed this new recording of the audiobook. Unlike when I listened to this nearly a decade ago, and liked it OK, I'm actually looking forward to getting to the sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood and Cursing

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, Incest, and Classism

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

adventurous reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Meh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Torture and War

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Comic / Manhua), Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan by Geoffrey Girard, Thomas Lockley

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and War

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Slavery

Sing, Memory: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps by Makana Eyre

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Antisemitism, Genocide, and War

Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Medical content, Child death, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

OK, I'll admit it. This was actually a really fun listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and War

You Are Here by Karin Lin-Greenberg

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Death