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If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino

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adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis

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informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Babel by R.F. Kuang

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.25

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

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emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Educated by Tara Westover

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dark emotional inspiring relaxing tense fast-paced

4.5

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

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

4.0

A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion

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

5.0