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I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

Jami Attenberg

3.0
reflective slow-paced
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up by Bernardine Evaristo

Manifesto: On Never Giving Up

Bernardine Evaristo

4.0
challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis

Eight Perfect Hours

Lia Louis

4.5
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

4.0
emotional funny hopeful 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
Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

4.5
challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Version Zero by David Yoon

Version Zero

David Yoon

5.0
adventurous challenging dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News--From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror by Danny Haiphong, Roberto Sirvent

American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News--From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror

Danny Haiphong, Roberto Sirvent

4.5
challenging informative medium-paced
The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism by Kyla Schuller

The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism

Kyla Schuller

3.5
informative slow-paced
The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu

The Donut Trap

Julie Tieu

3.0
lighthearted 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: No
Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday

Duke, Actually

Jenny Holiday

5.0
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No