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From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper

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adventurous funny lighthearted 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

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama

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

4.0

I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart

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dark 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? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan

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challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.0

The Power of Dignity: How Transforming Justice Can Heal Our Communities by Judge Victoria Pratt, Judge Victoria Pratt

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emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy, and the World by Carlo Rovelli

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informative fast-paced

4.0

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

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adventurous mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.5

The Change by Kirsten Miller

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James

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adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

3.5