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Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

The Girl in the Photo by Sam Carrington

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

The Silence of Bones by June Hur

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

Cowboys and East Indians: Stories by Nina McConigley

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.0

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

5.0