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93 reviews

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

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adventurous challenging dark relaxing 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

4.5

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

Phaedrus by Plato

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funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Bacchae by Euripides

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Philoctetes by Sophocles

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

3.0

Euclid's Elements by Euclid, Thomas L. Heath, Dana Densmore

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informative slow-paced

4.0

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

5.0

Nichomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Hye-Kyung Kim, F.H. Peters

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informative slow-paced

4.5

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

5.0

Sophist by Plato

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challenging informative medium-paced

2.0