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168 reviews

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

This book is a kind and gentle story. It made me feel happy just reading it as characters navigated (and solved) challenges and difficulties. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Cancer, and Grief

Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Racism, and Ableism

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Gun violence

Death Under a Little Sky by Stig Abell

dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Murder and Gun violence

The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse, Ableism, Child death, and Sexual assault

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Suicide

The Singing Guru: Legends and Adventures of Guru Nanak, the First Sikh by Kamla K. Kapur

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death

Murder Road by Simone St. James

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Gun violence

The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Torture, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

The Fake by Zoe Whittall

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol and Addiction

Bury the Lead by Kate Hilton, Elizabeth Renzetti

emotional funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Rape