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Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

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challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Blk Art: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art by Zaria Ware

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challenging emotional informative inspiring relaxing slow-paced

5.0

I loved this book. I share the author’s love of historical art as well as the perception that history and art did not have a space for positive depriving of Blackness. I grew up wishing a book like this existed but never fully believing it could. With thought-provoking and thorough research, Zaria Ware wrote the book I wish my younger self could’ve read.

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend by Dan Jones

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funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Tithe by Holly Black

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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The Sunlit Ruins: An Old Gods Story by Andrea Septién

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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One Night in a Thousand Years by Craig Cunningham

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A Fire in the Sunset by Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0