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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

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challenging informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I'll Never Change My Name: An Immigrant's American Dream from Ukraine to the USA to Dancing with the Stars by Valentin Chmerkovskiy

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funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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adventurous challenging hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-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

2.5

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

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

3.5

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

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adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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

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challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America by Aaron Robertson

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0