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The Turner House by Angela Flournoy

reflective tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Classism

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

adventurous reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

The Women by Kristin Hannah

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Suicide attempt

Funny Story by Emily Henry

funny hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

The Pact: A Love Story by Jodi Picoult

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

hopeful reflective sad 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail