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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Abortion, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Medical content

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

mysterious 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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Murder, Blood, and Confinement

Minor: Terminal illness, Violence, and Incest

Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts

hopeful informative fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Racism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Rape

Sharks in the Time of Saviours by Kawai Strong Washburn

hopeful slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Animal death, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Biphobia

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Moderate: Transphobia, Addiction, Bullying, Deportation, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, and Racism

Bargain Bin Rom-Com by Leena Norms

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.5

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual assault

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green, David Levithan

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Fatphobia

Moderate: Homophobia

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Grief

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship