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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

adventurous emotional funny tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

Roxy by Jarrod Shusterman, Neal Shusterman

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Cursing

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Biphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Cancer, Cursing, Infidelity, and Infertility

We Awaken by Calista Lynne

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Cursing, Lesbophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Torture, Gun violence, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Excrement

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Body horror

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty and Cursing

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, and Vomit

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, Outing, and Cursing

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gaslighting and Sexual content

The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch

adventurous dark funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical trauma, and Violence