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The Truthspoken Heir by Novae Caelum

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement and Murder

Minor: Death and Grief

The Liminal Zone by Junji Ito

dark mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Death and Infertility

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Slavery

A Catalogue for the End of Humanity by Timothy Hickson

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Death, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism and War

Minor: Body horror

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cancer, Gore, Sexual content, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Grief, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness