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204 reviews

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Infidelity

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

Minor: Cancer

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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: Rape, Xenophobia, Ableism, Antisemitism, Racism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder and Child death

Minor: War

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Sexual violence and Violence

How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps by Andrew Rowe

adventurous funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, and Grief

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Xenophobia, and Police brutality

Moderate: Murder

Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico by David Bowles

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual violence

Let's Get Invisible! by R.L. Stine

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Body horror

Moderate: Toxic friendship

How That Makes You Feel by Elle Diaz

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Suicide

Last Courtesan of Olympus by Amanda Meuwissen

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story by Ghada Karmi

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Islamophobia, War, Racism, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, and Gun violence