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Your Body is not Your Body: An Anthology by Matt Blairstone, Alex Woodroe

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

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

4.25

The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Ashthorne by April Yates

medium-paced

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

2.25

Where Nightmares Are by Peter Haining

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

adventurous informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.5

Microworlds: Tales Of The Computer Age by Thomas F. Monteleone

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, and War

Minor: Chronic illness

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

Robot by Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Body horror and War