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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1: James Baldwin Reading from Giovanni's Room by Calliope Author Readings

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

James Baldwin Reading from Another Country by James Baldwin

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

His voice, combined with his command of language, took my breath away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Minor: Racism

The Great Courses: Dante's Divine Comedy by William R. Cook, William R. Cook, Robert Herzman

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Ripper by Michael Slade

dark informative tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America by Vegas Tenold

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature by Daniel Breyer

slow-paced

1.0

Devolved into a long apologetic on Buddhism no matter the subject at hand, not at all on topic.

Dear Hanna by Zoje Stage

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

The Paradox of Jamestown: 1585-1700 by Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier

informative reflective

3.75

Sleep My Darlings: The True Story of a Mother Who Killed Her Children in Cold Blood by Diane Fanning

fast-paced

4.0

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism