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77 reviews

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.25

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief and War

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Forced institutionalization

Becoming by Michelle Obama

hopeful inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Toxic relationship and Abandonment

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

inspiring reflective 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

3.75

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

funny inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Stalking, and Classism

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racism and War

Minor: Abandonment

A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul

challenging slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

Cry of the Wolf by Rachel Roberts

adventurous funny 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Violence