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These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Like Home by Louisa Onomé

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent

If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry

A Woman in Her Prime by Asare Konadu

emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Infertility

Minor: Sexual assault

Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

5.0

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

5.0

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

5.0