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Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

Xochitl Gonzalez

5.0
challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End by Alua Arthur

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real about the End

Alua Arthur

4.5
emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Ambition Monster by Jennifer Romolini

Ambition Monster

Jennifer Romolini

4.5
hopeful reflective medium-paced
Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return by Rebecca Mead

Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return

Rebecca Mead

3.5
emotional reflective slow-paced
Bluff: Poems by Danez Smith

Bluff: Poems

Danez Smith

4.5
adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
But You Seemed So Happy: A Marriage, in Pieces and Bits by Kimberly Harrington

But You Seemed So Happy: A Marriage, in Pieces and Bits

Kimberly Harrington

4.0
emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson

Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

Marion Gibson

3.5
challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Confrontations by Simone Atangana Bekono

Confrontations

Simone Atangana Bekono

3.0
challenging dark medium-paced
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
The Z Word by Lindsay King-Miller

The Z Word

Lindsay King-Miller

4.5
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America by Shefali Luthra

Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

Shefali Luthra

4.5
informative reflective sad medium-paced