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The Iliad by Homer

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4.0

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

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

4.0

Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance by Azam Ahmed

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dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

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

3.0

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

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dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

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

4.0

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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

3.0

Down the Steep by A. D. Nauman

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dark emotional 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

3.0

Strong characterization, especially in the main character, protected this novel from some of the lesser bits. Notably, the ending isn't really an ending at all but a way for the author to offer an academic soliloquy through a character whose strong voice and opinions have otherwise led the story. Even though I agree with the author's beliefs, I felt the ending tapered off to almost nothing after such an explosive final event. 
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable by Sarah Gerard

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0