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The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Ableism

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina
Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.

The pacing wasn’t working for me and halfway through I just felt disinterested in finishing

Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Cursing, Violence, Homophobia, Bullying, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Grief, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Outing, Racism, Medical content, and Deadnaming

Eli Over Easy by Phil Stamper

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Cursing, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Conditions of a Heart by Bethany Mangle

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Bullying, Sexism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Alcohol

Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Outing, Cursing, Sexism, Drug use, and Lesbophobia

Death: A Life by George Pendle

dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

Bizarre, yet compelling! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child death, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

Minor: Medical content, Slavery, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Pandemic/Epidemic, Incest, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Excrement

In the Orbit of You by Ashley Schumacher

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Addiction, Classism, Infidelity, Cursing, and Alcohol

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Cancer, Addiction, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Death, Medical content, Suicide, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Fatphobia, Classism, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Cursing, Vomit, and Body shaming