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A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

KosherSoul by Michael W. Twitty

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emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

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challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

3.5

Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure by Jeff Jensen, George Schall

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

4.0

Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery by Theodore H. Schwartz

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challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong by Paul A. Offit

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

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dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

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hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

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mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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challenging emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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

5.0

I am shocked by how much I liked this book, considering how utterly unlikable the protagonist is. It was actually eye-opening in terms of showing how easy it is to slide into dominant-culture-focused thinking about minority-culture content, and how some prejudice is lurking just below the surface.

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