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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

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5.0

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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medium-paced

4.5

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

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4.5

Kind of hard to put down and pick back up because of all the moving parts but otherwise super fascinating.
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

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challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Fascinating. Heartbreaking. So much packed in here.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

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adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

Give me anything Kristin Hannah writes at this point. Good grief.
Learned so much about the Dust Bowl, too. 
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

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

4.0

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

I actually really enjoyed this. Super outside my normal reading genres, but in the best way
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

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

4.0

Honestly, beautiful but terribly heartbreaking.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

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challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.0

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

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

3.5

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