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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

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challenging emotional 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

4.0

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

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emotional funny hopeful informative 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

4.5

Monsters: The Passion and Loss That Created Frankenstein by Sharon Dogar

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

Sisters of Sword and Shadow by Laura Bates

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

Mrs Gaskell and Me: Two Women, Two Love Stories, Two Centuries Apart by Nell Stevens

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hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Good Hawk by Joseph Elliott

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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? No

4.0