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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Saira Rao, Regina Jackson

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Car accident

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

5.0

Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems by Melania Luisa Marte

5.0

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

5.0

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

All the Fighting Parts by Hannah V. Sawyerr

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Dog Songs by Mary Oliver

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

emotional funny 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