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The Honeyeater by Jessie Tu

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

The First Stone by Helen Garner

3.0

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne's Most Notorious Cold Case by Helen Thomas

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

The Best Kind of Beautiful by Frances Whiting

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Spring by Karl Ove Knausgård

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

Infinite Splendours by Sofie Laguna

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Island Home: A Landscape Memoir by Tim Winton

hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid

medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail