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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

Chlorine by Jade Song

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Drug use, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Gore

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Addiction, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Death, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

The Elsewhere Community by Hugh Kenner

medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Sexism, War, and Racism

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Excrement, Infidelity, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, War, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Biphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Homophobia, Classism, Lesbophobia, Cancer, Sexual assault, Dementia, Ableism, and Adult/minor relationship

When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, Grief, Sexual content, War, and Dementia

Minor: Body horror, Classism, and Gun violence

Spear by Nicola Griffith

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Suicide, Infertility, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, War, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, Animal cruelty, Classism, Grief, Mental illness, and Rape

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Misogyny, and Racism

Burning Roses by S.L. Huang

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Gun violence, Child death, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Pregnancy

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Death of parent, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Dementia, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Animal death, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Child death, Colonisation, and Pregnancy

When the Whales Leave by Yuri Rytkheu

dark emotional sad tense slow-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: Blood, Pregnancy, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexism and Child death