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106 reviews

This Other Eden by Paul Harding

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

4.5

Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

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funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The City & the City by China Miéville

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

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reflective slow-paced

3.5

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0