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216 reviews

Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault

Mars by Asja Bakić

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Augustown by Kei Miller

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

une nuit by Kenza Aloui, Inès Weill-Rochant, Saena Delacroix-Sadighiyan

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Babel by R.F. Kuang

informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

medium-paced

2.75

Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

slow-paced

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

3.0