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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Chronic illness, Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Bullying and Child abuse

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide, Cursing, and Terminal illness

Minor: Infertility, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Cancer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Minor: Medical content, Drug use, Excrement, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Vomit

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Confinement, Dysphoria, Gore, Cursing, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

The T(y)ranny by Alison Rumfitt

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Cursing, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Misogyny

Black Paradox by Junji Ito

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Medical content, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Sexual content

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual content, Suicide, Abortion, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, Slavery, and Incest

My Life Now: Essays by a Child Sex Trafficking Survivor by Mary Knight

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts