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How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling by Danny Caine

How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling

4.5

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

Great Bars of New York City: 30 of Manhattan's Favorite Storied Drinking Establishments by Karla Murray, Dan Q. Dao

Great Bars of New York City: 30 of Manhattan's Favorite Storied Drinking Establishments

Karla Murray, Dan Q. Dao

4.0

informative reflective fast-paced

You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible by Margaret Eby

You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible

3.5

hopeful informative medium-paced

Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life by Sofia Samatar

Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life

4.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery

Women's Hotel

Daniel M. Lavery

3.5

reflective medium-paced

Art Monster: On the Impossibility of New York by Marin Kosut

Art Monster: On the Impossibility of New York

5.0

informative reflective sad medium-paced

The Most Wonderful Time by Jayne Allen

The Most Wonderful Time

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

The Future by Naomi Alderman

The Future

5.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake

Make the Season Bright

Ashley Herring Blake

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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: No

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer

4.5

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced