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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy by Whitney Goodman

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emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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

3.75

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

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

4.0

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

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

4.0

The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey

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adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe

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adventurous informative medium-paced

3.5

I liked the first 75% better than the last 25%. I don’t understand why we got a whole chapter about the America’s Race sailing event or Truman Capote. I would have liked to learn more about other members of the family, especially George Washington II/III who built the Biltmore.