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Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Hum by Helen Phillips

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

2.0

Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby

slow-paced

3.0

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Infidelity and Medical content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Honey: A Novel by Isabel Banta

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexual content, Abortion, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, and Lesbophobia

Rebel Rising: A Memoir by Rebel Wilson

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Dementia, and Abandonment

You Like It Darker by Stephen King

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Alcohol

A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

The Wrong Number by R.L. Stine

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0