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Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Cursing, and Grief

All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore

emotional informative reflective 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

2.75

It was a little too melodramatic for my taste in historical fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Slavery, Racism, Confinement, Violence, Classism, and Grief

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide, Alcohol, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Body shaming, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, and Murder

Minor: Trafficking and Police brutality

11/22/63 by Stephen King
Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.

Will finish eventually, not in the mood for it right now

This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Cancer, and Death of parent

Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Colonisation, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Racism, Trafficking, Blood, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, and Rape

Moderate: Excrement, Alcohol, and War

Max and Helen by Simon Wiesenthal

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Deportation, Grief, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Rape, and Sexual violence

Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women by Pashtana Durrani, Tamara Bralo

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Sexism, and Classism

More Than Love: An Intimate Portrait of My Mother, Natalie Wood by Natasha Gregson Wagner

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Addiction