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85 reviews
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
This book is written in such a comfortable, conversational way that you feel intimately acquainted with the characters and their lives.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Racism
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Dr. Wall-Kimmerer has done it again 🥲
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Drug abuse
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.5
“New York makes you evil” the book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Violence, Death of parent
The Angel of History by Rabih Alameddine
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.5
This book was an absolutely devastating start to 2025. Alameddine has a talent for blending humor into the darkest, most depressing themes and inviting you in to his worlds. Trigger warning for…. Anything and everything, basically.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War