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Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin by Marieke Nijkamp

It’s been so long since starting that I’ve forgotten the beginning. Need to restart 

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Amazing telling of the author’s experience, thoughts, feelings, and learnings. I learned much from eir perspective. Highly recommend reading, especially for younger people who are working to discover and understand their own identities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcohol, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

In Nightfall by Suzanne Young

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Medical content

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Racism, Hate crime, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: War, Abortion, Deportation, and Alcohol

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Hate crime, Outing, Drug use, Bullying, Cursing, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin

emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Sexism, Dementia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Medical content

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Sexual harassment

Witchy, Vol. 2 by Ariel Slamet Ries

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Violence

Moderate: Grief

Witchy, Vol. 1 by Ariel Slamet Ries

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Medical content, Bullying, Transphobia, and Violence