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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, and Death of parent
The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Blood
Moderate: Kidnapping and Murder
Minor: Homophobia
Final Verdict: The Holocaust on Trial in the 21st Century by Tobias Buck
informative
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Genocide and Antisemitism
The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand
informative
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness