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The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

Family Trouble: Memoirists on the Hazards and Rewards of Revealing Family by Joy Castro

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challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Stranger Things Happen: Stories by Kelly Link

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

5.0

Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey

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

4.0

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories by Grace Paley

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challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.0

In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Cabbage And Bones: An Anthology Of Irish American Women's Fiction by Caledonia Kearns

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over by Nell Painter

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hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0