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Taiwan Travelogue by 楊双子, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

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challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

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challenging dark reflective slow-paced

3.0

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced
I don't love rating memoirs.   Feel like it's rating a life.  I didn't like Lucy's writing style.  I do think it's an important story and appreciate her sharing it with us.  
The Fraud by Zadie Smith

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challenging slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.25

I get the message but it was painfully slow to read and not engaging for me. That said a plethora books exist because people view th3m differently.  So perhaps you'd enjoy it. 
Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar

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funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should … and What to Do about It by Laura Gassner Otting

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair

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fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No

3.0

The Late Bloomers' Club by Louise Miller

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hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History by Sharon McMahon

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75