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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

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dark emotional reflective slow-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

3.25

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

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funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

What I Talk about When I Talk about Running by Haruki Murakami

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emotional informative reflective

3.75

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

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adventurous dark relaxing 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

3.75

The Colour Purple by Alice Walker

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dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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

2.75