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I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds by Sunny Hostin

I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds

4.0

inspiring reflective medium-paced

Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero by Amanda Kloots

Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero

3.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

White Smoke

Tiffany D. Jackson

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Flesh & Blood by N. West Moss

Flesh & Blood

4.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

4.5

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Don't Ask Me Where I'm from by Jennifer De Leon

Don't Ask Me Where I'm from

Jennifer De Leon

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring medium-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: Complicated

A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria

A Lot Like Adiós

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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

The New American by Micheline Aharonian Marcom

The New American

Micheline Aharonian Marcom

3.0

reflective slow-paced

Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence by Tanya Selvaratnam

Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence

Tanya Selvaratnam

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

5.0

inspiring reflective medium-paced