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92 reviews

Decolonization is not a metaphor by Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang

5.0

A must read 

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain by Abby Norman

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

Minor: Transphobia, Pregnancy

Sex Object by Jessica Valenti

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Ableism, Biphobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Toxic friendship

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

medium-paced

5.0

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Alcohol

The Complete Works of Pat Parker by Pat Parker

5.0

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation

Minor: Alcohol