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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.5

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison by Jigna Vora

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

The September House by Carissa Orlando

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India's First Women in Medicine by Kavitha Rao

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

The Reversal by Michael Connelly

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution by Priya Satia
Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.

Very textbook-ish in nature, zero storytelling and it’s a slog

Mafia Queens of Mumbai by Jane Borges, Hussain S. Zaidi

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

4.75