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Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes by Don Kulick

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket

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

3.0

Room by Emma Donoghue

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dark emotional funny lighthearted sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.
It was fairly repetitive and predictable!
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Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America by Gerald Posner

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challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World by Ben Mattlin

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne

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challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Ancient Greece: A Political, Social and Cultural History by Stanley Mayer Burstein, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Sarah B. Pomeroy, Walter Donlan

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

Hitler: Volume II: Downfall 1939-45 by Volker Ullrich

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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