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Black Imagination: Black Voices on Black Futures by Natasha Marin

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hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes on by Franny Choi

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challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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

4.5

So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

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

4.5

Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language by Roxane Gay

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

That Time of Year by Marie NDiaye

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

4.0

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

A Gift for a Ghost by Borja González

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

4.0