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The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

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

3.5

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program to Bring Naziscientists to America by Annie Jacobsen

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challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.0

My Friends: A Novel by Hisham Matar

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

4.0

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

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dark funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-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

Down with the System: A Memoir (Of Sorts) by Serj Tankian

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Like a River Glorious by Rae Carson, John Hendrix

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adventurous dark hopeful informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech by Julia Gillard

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

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emotional hopeful 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

4.0