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The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

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dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A surreal and yet disconcertingly accurate parable about being a cog in a corporate machine. Like all the best satire, the exaggeration only adds to the feeling of veracity. 
Want by Lynn Steger Strong

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emotional reflective medium-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

4.75

Fantastic book about the ways in which life can slowly drift off course from the expectations we set for ourselves
Girlhood by Melissa Febos

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

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emotional reflective 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

5.0

I don't think there's anyone who writes as well about being a person who thinks too much about their own emotions as Brandon Taylor. Every single one of these stories is a gem 
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

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challenging dark funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I mean no one writes about the experience of being a Very Online Millennial like Patricia Lockwood. This book in particular is stunning in how it handles the collision of real-life tragedy with a worldview that has no framework for any emotional stance other than detached irony.
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For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World by Sasha Sagan

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

So funny and heartfelt and poetic, I love this book
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

4.5

It’s gay and it slaps!

n.b. this is the first book of a series, so plot-wise there are a few loose ends that don’t get tied up neatly. But if you know that going in, the intrigue elements are as satisfying as the relationship ones IMO. 
What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

A good guide for newly chronically ill/disabled people and/or their loved ones, since it's mainly focused on practical, day-to-day information along with stories of the author's experience with Crohn's disease. 

Content note, per the author: Hospitalization, sexual assault, physical and emotional abuse, details of bowel disease 
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