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The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There are codes to solve within this text, as well as mysteries and references referring back to both House of Leaves and Poe’s companion album Haunted.

Demonic Foes: A Psychiatrist Investigates Diabolic Possessions in the U.S.

Richard Gallagher

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Speak: The Graphic Novel

Laurie Halse Anderson

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir

Amanda Knox

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Devil House

John Darnielle

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A terrifying, ergodic meditation on what it means to write—and consume—true crime.

The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

John Glatt

5.0

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Content Warnings

Something Must Be Done about Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle

Kristen Green

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

The Five Wounds

Kirstin Valdez Quade

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is a book about shame, and how we do, or don’t, handle it.

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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