This page lists books that contain trigger warnings for the death of a child, including the death of a daughter and son and infanticide.
- For loss of pregnancy, see Miscarriage and Abortion
- See also Grief & loss depiction, Murder and Death of a parent
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- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
Aa:
- The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
- All These Bodies by Kendare Blake
- Alpha Trine by Lexi Ander
- The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
- Angelfall by Susan Ee
- Antigen by R.A. Steffan
- Appetites and Vices by Felicia Grossman
- Archenemies by Marissa Meyer
- The Ascent to Godhood by Neon Yang
- At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
Bb:
- Babayaga by Toby Barlow
- Bag of Bones by Stephen King
- The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
- Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- The Betrothed by Keira Cass
- Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
- Beware the Power of the Dark Side! by Tom Angleberger
- Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter
- The Black Farm by Elias Witherow
- The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
- The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
- Black Widow by Carol Baxter
- The Blacksmith Queen by G.A. Aiken
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
- The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
- The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- Breathe My Name by R.A. Nelson
- Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf
- Broken by Karin Slaughter
- Broken Harbor by Tana French
- The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
- Broken Things by Lauren Oliver
- Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
- The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor
- The Business of Blood by Kerrigan Byrne
Cc:
- The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
- Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Christine by Stephen King
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
- City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
- City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
- City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
- A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
- Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
- The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
- Comanche Moon by Catherine Anderson
- Confess by A. Zavarelli
- Confess by Colleen Hoover
- Conjure Women by Afia Atakora
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
- The Creak on the Stairs by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
- Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejide
- Crier’s War by Nina Varela
- Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
- The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- A Curse of Ash & Embers by Jo Spurrier
- Cursed: A Wish is a Terrible Thing edited by Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane
Dd:
- A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
- The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
- Dark Water by Robert Bryndza
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
- Darling by K. Ancrum
- Dead Girls by Abigail Tarttelin
- Deadline by Stephanie Ahn
- The Dead Zone by Stephen King
- Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrick Backman
- The Deepest Roots by Miranda Asebedo
- Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
- Desperation by Stephen King
- Devil’s Lair by Sarah Barrie
- The Dilemma by B.A. Paris
- Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
- Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
- Don’t Look for Me by Wendy Walker
- The Dove’s Necklace by Raja Alem
- A Drop of Night by Stefan Bachmann
- The Dry by Jane Harper
- Duma Key by Stephen King
- Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
Ee:
- Echoes of Fire by Suzanne Wright
- Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
- Every Single Lie by Rachel Vincent
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Ff:
- A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin
- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
- The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
- The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angelina Boulley
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
- Five Dark Fates by Kendare Blake
- Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott with Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis
- For Lucy by Jewel E. Ann
- The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
- From Blood & Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Gg:
- A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
- Gap Year in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor
- Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
- Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto
- The Ghost Variations by Kevin Brockmeier
- Ghost Wood Song by Eria Waters
- Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke
- The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
- The Golden Sheep, Vol. 3 by Kaori Ozaki
- The Golden Tower by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
- Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
- Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- Gravemaidens by Kelly Coon
- A Great & Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
- Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
- The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
- The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Hh:
- Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Haunting of Gillespie House by Darcy Coates
The Haunting Season by Bridget Collins Natasha Pulley, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Elizabeth Macneal and Laura Purcell - Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake
- A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Himmler’s Cook by Franz-Olivier Giesbert
- Hollow by Rhonda Parrish
- The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud
- Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
- Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
- The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
Ii:
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
- The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
- If I Stay by Gayle Forman
- Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
- In the Clearing by J.P. Pomare
- In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey
- In the Woods by Tana French
- The Institute by Stephen King
- It by Stephen King
Jj:
- Jackal by Erin E. Adams
- Jackdaw Summer by David Almond
- Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
- The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
- Joyland by Stephen King
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Kk:
- Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron
- Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Ll:
- A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
- Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton
- A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi
- The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
- The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
- The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand
- The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter
- The Leaving by Tara Altebrando
- Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
- The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron
- The Likeness by Tana French
- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
- Little Gods by Jenny Ackland
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
- Little Secrets by Anna Snoekstra
- Like the Willow Tree by Lois Lowry
- Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds & Danica Novgoorodoff
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Lullaby by Leïla Slimani
Mm:
- Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
- Magic Steals by Ilona Andrews
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- The Memory Thief by Jodi Lynn Anderson
- The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian
- Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
- Misery by Stephen King
- Mists of the Serengeti by Leylah Attar
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Moriarty the Patriot, Vol. 1 by Ryōsuke Takeuchi & Hikaru Miyoshi
- Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
- My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
- My Daddy is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer by Lena Derhally
- My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Nn:
- Nailbiter, Vol. 2: Bloody Hands by Joshua Williamson & Mike Henderson
- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
- Neverland by Shari Arnold
- Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
- Night Shift by Stephen King
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
- Nothing But This by Natasha Anders
- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Oo:
- The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
- Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
- The One by John Marrs
- One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus
- Open Season by C.J. Box
- Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
- Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland
- The Outsider by Stephen King
Pp:
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
- Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
- Partials by Dan Wells
- The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann
- Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan
- Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
- Playing Dirty by Amy Andrews
- Pony by R. J. Palacio
- Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
- The Project by Courtney Summers
- The Push by Ashley Audrain
Qq:
- Queen Takes Queen by Joely Sue Burkhart
Rr:
- Raven Summer by David Almond
- Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
- A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir
- Reaper of Souls by Rena Barron
- Recursion by Blake Crouch
- The Red Threads of Fortune by J.Y. Yang
- Remembrance by Meg Cabot
- The Removed by Brandon Hobson
- Renegades by Marissa Meyer
- Replica by Lauren Oliver
- Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
- Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Ss:
- Sadie by Courtney Summers
- Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
- Saga, Vol. 3 by Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples
- Saga, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
- Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
- Saga, Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
- ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
- Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
- Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
- The Second Life of Ava Rivers by Faith Gardner
- Semiosis by Sue Burke
- She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard
- The Silence of Bones by June Hur
- The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
- The Silver Mask by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
- Simply Irresistible by Rachel Gibson
- Sing Me Forgotten by Jessica Olson
- The Siren by Kiera Cass
- Sisters by Daisy Johnson
- Skin Privilege by Karin Slaughter
- Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
- A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
- Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
- Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
- Solo by Kwame Alexander & Mary Rand Hess
- A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
- Songs of a War Boy by Deng Thiak Adut with Ben Mckelvey
- Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying to Vampires by Grady Hendrix
- Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
- A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
- The Stone Knife by Anna Stephens
- The Storm of Life by A.R. Capetta
- A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
- The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
- Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton
- The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
- The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
Tt:
- Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian
- Tempted by Midnight by Lara Adrian
- Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
- Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
- This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
- A Thousand Fires by Shannon Price
- A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
- The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
- Three Sisters in Black by Norman J. Zierold
- Threshold by Jason L. Hawk
- Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
- A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair
- Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
- Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten
- The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake
Uu:
- Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Boy by Emmanuel Acho
- Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
- Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
- Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Vv:
- The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
- Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- The View on the Way Down by Rebecca Wait
- Violet Ghosts by Leah Thomas
Ww:
- The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Water in May by Ismée Amiel Williams
- We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
- Where She Went by Gayle Forman
- The Whisper Man by Alex North
- The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
- Wildcard by Marie Lu
- Wilder Girls by Rory Power
- Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
- The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
- The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
- The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
- The Woods by Harlan Coben
- World War Z by Max Brooks
Xx:
- None.
Yy:
- The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
- You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Zz:
- None.