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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Motor Crush, Volume 1 by Babs Tarr, Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Violence, and Car accident

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Outing

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

emotional medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

The Book of Mother by Violaine Huisman

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

emotional reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro

challenging emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abortion

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Excrement, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i by Haunani-Kay Trask

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Colonisation

Minor: Hate crime, Rape, Cannibalism, and Sexual harassment