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141 reviews

Dracula Daily, by Bram Stoker

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexism, and Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

Into the Windwracked Wilds, by A. Deborah Baker

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Child death

MEM, by Bethany C. Morrow

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage and Car accident

Minor: Murder, Child death, and Dementia

The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Lovecraft Country, by Matt Ruff

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Hate crime

Minor: Child abuse

The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body horror, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death of parent

You've Lost a Lot of Blood, by Eric LaRocca

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Cancer, and Alcohol

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

The Murders of Molly Southbourne, by Tade Thompson

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury

Horrid, by Katrina Leno

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy