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You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

3.5

informative reflective slow-paced

The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays

The Mutual Friend

4.0

emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System by Jed S. Rakoff

Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System

3.5

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

Jessica Hernandez

3.5

challenging informative slow-paced

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

3.5

informative slow-paced

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

3.0

reflective slow-paced

Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

Happy Hour

Marlowe Granados

3.0

funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work by Deborah Liu

Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work

4.5

informative inspiring medium-paced

Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore

Acts of Violet

Margarita Montimore

4.0

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

One's Company by Ashley Hutson

One's Company

5.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated