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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R Saks

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challenging funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Jade War by Fonda Lee

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

The Memory of Babel by Christelle Dabos

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adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Jade City by Fonda Lee

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adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories by Laura Shapiro

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funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

The Best American Food Writing 2019 by Silvia Killingsworth, Samin Nosrat

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adventurous funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0