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271 reviews

Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America by Lauren Rankin

dark emotional informative

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Stalking

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Classism

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

dark emotional reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

challenging dark tense

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

challenging informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit

challenging hopeful informative

4.0

Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (a Transgender Memoir) by Jackson Bird

informative inspiring reflective

4.5

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

adventurous mysterious

4.5

The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

Didn’t find it compelling or well written

The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5