The StoryGraph's Onboarding Reading Challenge 2021 - hosted by thestorygraph

Read a book containing at least two of your favourite moods but excluding your favourite genre
This time use the filter menu on the Recommendations page. Open up the filter menu and select at least two of your favourite moods and then 'all of the selected moods'. Then put your favourite genre in the 'Exclude...' box. Pick a book from any of the recommendations that follow once you've hit Search!
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On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard

On a Red Station, Drifting

The Universe of Xuya

Aliette de Bodard

141 pages • first pub 2012 (editions) user-added

fiction science fiction adventurous emotional slow-paced
Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays by Jill Gutowitz

Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays

Jill Gutowitz

227 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta

James Hannaham

9 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ dark emotional funny medium-paced
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

354 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Disoriental by Négar Djavadi

Disoriental

Négar Djavadi

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

Shokoofeh Azar

245 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

489 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
All of Us Villains by C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

All of Us Villains

All of Us Villains #1

C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

386 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way

The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite

The Umbrella Academy #1

Gerard Way

184 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy science fiction adventurous dark fast-paced
Well, That Was Awkward by Rachel Vail

Well, That Was Awkward

Rachel Vail

314 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction middle grade romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced