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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, War, Classism

Minor: Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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? No

5.0

The Anxious Generation: How The Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

Funeral Girl by Emma K. Ohland

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

i didn’t realize i needed a queering of marine biology and yet here we are. perfect 

Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories by Charlie Jane Anders

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0