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125 reviews

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

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challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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challenging dark inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire

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

4.0

How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis

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

5.0

Quote from author  "This book is my kind of batshit. I threw everything I loved into it: heists and chaos and pretty dresses and saying the inside thoughts out loud and a little bit of social commentary and a little more chaos for fun."

That's why l loved it. 
Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard

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

4.0

The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez

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dark emotional inspiring 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

On the Housing Crisis: Land, Development, Democracy by Jerusalem Demsas

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informative fast-paced

5.0

Good, much shorter companion to Homelessness is a Housing Problem 
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0