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The Past Didn't Go Anywhere: Making Resistance to Antisemitism Part of All of Our Movements by April Rosenblum

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Death, Deportation, Genocide, Grief, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, and War

Your Wish Is My Command by Deena Mohamed

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective 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

Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women by Sharon Blackie

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Ableism, Xenophobia, Violence, Grief, War, Abandonment, Confinement, Outing, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Infertility, Rape, Slavery, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Sexual violence, and Death

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Classism, Grief, Gaslighting, War, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Colonisation, Death, Deportation, and Xenophobia

Poems for Palestine: Recent poems by nine Palestinian poets & actions you can take to stop genocide now by

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Physical abuse, Confinement, War, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Genocide, Violence, Racism, and Abandonment

Terraform: Building a Better World by Propaganda

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

When Life Gives You Mangoes Lenormand Oracle by Hurricane Mystic

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Trafficking, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Racism, Deportation, Death, and Slavery

Marrow by Aditi Brennan Kapil

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Violence, Child death, and Abandonment

Minor: Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Torture, Violence, and Murder