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2663 reviews

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-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

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.25

The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Abandonment, Classism

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.25

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation

Cosmic Kiss by Clio Evans

adventurous lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

Twilight Out of Focus by Jyanome

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

Obsidian Feathers by N. Cáceres

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25