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77 reviews

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

adventurous medium-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? Yes

4.25

Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World by Neil Gaiman

5.0

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Medical trauma

Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Demelza by Winston Graham
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.

I started reading the series bc I had a hangover from the end of the show but got far enough along to cure it. Will probably pick the series back up at some point. 

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Incest, Transphobia, Grief, Outing, and Abandonment

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25