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The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

fast-paced

3.0

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

medium-paced

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

3.0

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann

4.0

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, War, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Colonisation, and Body horror

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Vomit

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Gore, Child death, Vomit, Animal death, Chronic illness, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.0