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Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur

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adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

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

3.0

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson

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adventurous informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Above Ground by Clint Smith

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emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

Long Division by Kiese Laymon

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adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

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challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

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adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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

3.0