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Yr Dead by Sam Sax

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Earthsong: poems 1957 - 1959 by Diane di Prima

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

A Termination by Honor Moore

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

The Best American Poetry 2024 by David Lehman, Mary Jo Salter

challenging reflective fast-paced

3.0

The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Natasha Pulley, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Catriona Ward, Natasha Pulley, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Bridget Collins, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Stuart Turton, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Refusenik by Lynn Melnick

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

The Starlit Wood by Garth Nix, Karin Tidbeck, Aliette de Bodard, Seanan McGuire, Navah Wolfe, Sofia Samatar, Jeffrey Ford, Kat Howard, Dominik Parisien, Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar, Genevieve Valentine, Charlie Jane Anders, Marjorie Liu, Margo Lanagan, Naomi Novik, Catherynne M. Valente, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Stephen Graham Jones

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Breaking the Curse: A Memoir about Trauma, Healing, and Italian Witchcraft by Alex DiFrancesco

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0