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220 reviews

Bipolar, Not So Much: Understanding Your Mood Swings and Depression by Chris Aiken, James Phelps

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hopeful informative medium-paced

4.75

Minus .25 for anti-fat bias
Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston

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emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.5

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

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

4.0

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

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

3.75

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane

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dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

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

4.0

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

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emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5