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The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective medium-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

2.75

La familia de Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

challenging informative slow-paced

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is the future Republicans want.

I'm never going to be a mom and still reading this both unsettled and infuriated me!! Took me such a long time to get through it bc I literally wanted to jump some of these characters lmao Also, Gust is a frickin sociopath and he should be in daddy jail bc fůck that guy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion

The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75