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138 reviews

The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Transphobia

In the Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard

adventurous mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content

Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin

adventurous mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Lady Eve's Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Car accident

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Incest, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Colonisation

Beartooth by Callan Wink

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

The City Homesteader: Self-Sufficiency on Any Square Footage by Scott Meyer

informative fast-paced

3.0

Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and War