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The Girl in Room Fourteen by Carol Drinkwater

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy

Recitatif by Toni Morrison

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems by Melania Luisa Marte

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

adventurous inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Toxic relationship

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Torture, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death and Terminal illness

Greek Lessons by Han Kang

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail