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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.75


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Billy Summers by Stephen King

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adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-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


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Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski, Emily Nagoski

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funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0


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Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens

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adventurous mysterious medium-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

5.0


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Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5


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Funny Story by Emily Henry

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emotional lighthearted medium-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

4.5

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

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funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.0


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Sociopath by Patric Gagne

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dark inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0


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The Fury by Alex Michaelides

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Compulsively readable as the NYT book people like to say. I loved the twists and the call-back to Michaelides’s previous books. I wanted to empathize more with the characters though and I didn’t feel that. 

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The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0


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