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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

The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Grief, and Death of parent

Train Dreams (Granta Editions) by Denis Johnson

adventurous dark mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

There There by Tommy Orange

challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism