This page lists books that contain trigger warnings for the depiction of abusive relationships, and domestic and intimate partner abuse & violence. This includes all kinds of emotional, verbal, psychological, and physical abuse perpetrated by a spouse or intimate partner.
- For abuse against minors, see Child abuse & neglect and Abandonment
- See Exploitive relationships, for relationships with power imbalances, such as teacher-student, boss-employee, and doctor-patient
- See also Forced marriage and Adult-minor relationships
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Aa:
- The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
- An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley
- After You’d Gone by Maggie O’Farrell
- Alan Cole is Not a Coward by Eric Bell
- Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
- All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- All In by Simona Ahrnstedt
- All the Pretty Things by Emily Arsenault
- All That Entails by E.M. Hamill
- All That Glitters by Gita Trelease
- Alpha Trine by Lexi Ander
- American Street by Ibi Zoboi
- The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
- An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
- Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
- An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
- Arctic Heat by Annabeth Albert
- Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
- Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
- At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
Bb:
- Bass-Ackwards by Eris Adderly
- Be My Valentine by Sean D. Young
- Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
- Beautiful Oblivion by Jamie McGuire
- Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray
- Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
- Being Toffee by Sarah Crossan
- The Best Next Thing by Natasha Anders
- The Betrothed by Keira Cass
- Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
- Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
- Bitter End by Jennifer Brown
- Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
- The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
- Body Language by A.K. Turner
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- Bowerbirds by Ada Maria Soto
- The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
- The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
- Breaking Drake by Joel Abernathy
- The Brightest Night by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
- Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen
- Burn It Down by Jess Anastasi
- Burned by Ellen Hopkins
- Burying Water by K.A. Tucker
Cc:
- The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White
- Carnal Secrets by Suzanne Wright
- Carrie by Stephen King
- The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
- Cemetery Girl by David Bell
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
- China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
- Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
- Cinnamon Roll by Anna Zabo
- 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
- City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong
- The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
- Closer to Nowhere by Ellen Hopkins
- The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
- Coming Out by Danielle Steel
- The Conductors by Nicole Glover
- Confess by Colleen Hoover
- A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
- Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
- Couldn’t Ask for More by Kianna Alexander
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- A Court of Wings & Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
- Courting Trouble by Kerrigan Byrne
- Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
- Credence by Penelope Douglas
- Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
- Cujo by Stephen King
- A Curse of Ash & Embers by Jo Spurrier
Dd:
- Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Dalliances & Devotion by Felicia Grossman
- A Dark and Stormy Knight by Kerrigan Byrne
- The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
- The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
- The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin
- Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough
- The Deal by Elle Kennedy
- Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- The Deepest Roots by Miranda Asebedo
- The Devil & the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
- The Diviners by Libba Bray
- Docile by K.A. Szpara
- A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
- Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
- A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
- Dreamfall by Amy Plum
- Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
- Driven by K. Bromberg
- The Dry by Jane Harper
- Duma Key by Stephen King
Ee:
- Ebb & Flow by Heather Smith
- The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
- Echoes of Scotland Street by Samantha Young
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
- The Elite by Kiera Cass
- An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi
- Empty Nests by Ada Maria Soto
- Enchantée by Gita Trelease
Ff:
- A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter
- Faithless by Karin Slaughter
- Fake by Stephanie Wood
- Fallen by Karin Slaughter
- Fallout by Ellen Hopkins
- The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
- Fifty Shades Freed by E.L James
- Fight or Flight by Samantha Young
- The Fine Art of Losing Control by Ashley Shepherd
- Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
- Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
- Five Strangers by E.V. Adamson
- Flare Up by Shannon Stacey
- Fortuna Sworn by K.J. Sutton
- Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin
- Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
- From Here to You by Jamie McGuire
- Future Girl by Asphyxia
Gg:
- A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
- Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
- Giant Days, Vol 2 by John Allison and Lissa Trieman
- The Girl King by Mimi Yu
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- Girl, Unframed by Deb Calleti
- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
- Go Deep by Rilzy Adams
- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- Gods of Jade & Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Gossamer by Lois Lowry
- Grace by Victoria Scott
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Hh:
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
- The Haunting by Alex Bell
- The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
- He’s Come Undone by Emma Barry, Olivia Dade, Adriana Herrera, Ruby Lang & Cat Sebastian
- Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
- Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Been
- Here Lie the Secrets by Emma Young
- His Hideous Heart edited by Dahlia Adler
- Home Body by Rupi Kaur
- Horns by Joe Hill
- The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
- How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne
- How to Be a Movie Star by T. J. Klune
- How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams
- Human Enough by E.S. Yu
- Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield
- Hushed by Kelley York
Ii:
- I Am Change by Suzy Zail
- I Am Out with Lanterns by Emily Gale
- I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
- Idle Hands by Cassondra Windwalker
- If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar
- Imagine Us Happy by Jennifer Yu
- In An Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
- In the Unlikely Event by L.J. Shen
- Incomparable by Brie Bella & Nikki Bella
- Indelible by Karin Slaughter
- Insomnia by Stephen King
- Into the River by Mark Brandi
- The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
- Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain
- Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
- It by Stephen King
- It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Jj:
- Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
Kk:
- The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
- Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
- Killing Stalking by Koogi
- King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
- The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
- The King of Crows by Libba Bray
- Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju
- The Kiss Thief by L.J. Shen
Ll:
- The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
- A Lady’s Guide to Mischief & Mayhem by Manda Collins
- Lake Silence by Anne Bishop
- The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith
- The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
- The Lesser Blessed by Richard van Camp
- The Lessons by Naomi Alderman
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
- The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
- The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
- The Love of a Bad Man by Laura Elizabeth Woollett
- Love Scammed by Rilzy Adams
- Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
- The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
Mm:
- Malorie by Josh Malerman
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
- The Mermaid’s Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace
- Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert
- Missing by Kelley Armstrong
- Missing Molly by Natalie Barelli
- More Than This by Patrick Ness
- My Daddy is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer by Lena Derhally
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Nn:
- The Naughty List by Ellie Mae MacGregor
- Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk
- Neighbours by Danielle Steel
- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
- A New Foundation by Rochelle Alers
- A New Kind of Everything by Richard Yaxley
- The Next Always by Nora Roberts
- Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
- The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall McSmith
- No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnball
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
- Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
- Nothing But My Body by Tilly Lawless
- Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser
- Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Oo:
- Old Fashioned by Kandi Steiner
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- One Carefree Day by Whitney Amazeen
- One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn
- The Only Story by Julian Barnes
- Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
- The Opposite of Innocent by Sonya Sones
- Out by Natsuo Kirino
- Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Pp:
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
- The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
- Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
- Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna Whateley
- Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
- Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
- The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton
- Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
- The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace
- The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert
- The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
- A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet
- Providence by Caroline Kepnes
- The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
- Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Qq:
- The Queens of Innis Lear by Tess Gratton
- Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Rr:
- Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- Raze by Tillie Cole
- Rebound by L.A. Witt
- Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold
- Renegade Flight by Andrea Tang
- The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai
- The Righeous by Renée Ahdieh
- The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Ss:
- Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
- 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
- The Sailor in Polynesia by Liz Alden
- ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
- The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
- The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
- The Sea in You by Jessi Sheron
- The Searcher by Tana French
- The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennett by Bernie Su & Kate Rorick
- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
- Selection Day by Aravind Adiga
- Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
- The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin
- Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace
- The Shining by Stephen King
- Shipped by Angie Hockman
- Shuggie Brain by Douglas Stuart
- Silky Smooth by A.M. Arthur
- Sing Me Forgotten by Jessica Olson
- Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead
- Sisters by Daisy Johnson
- Sleepless by Cyn Balog
- Smoke by Ellen Hopkins
- A Snowfall of Silver by Laura Wood
- Soft Thorns Vol. II by Bridgett Devoue
- Soulless by T. Baggins
- Souls Unfractured by Tillie Cole
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying to Vampires by Grady Hendrix
- Status Update by Annabeth Albert
- Steadfast by Sarina Bowen
- Strange Girls: Women in Horror Anthology edited by Azzurra Nox
- The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
- Stricker by Lexi Ander
- Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten
- The Summer Children by Dot Hutchinson
- The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
- Switch by A. S. King
- The Switch by Beth O’Leary
Tt:
- The Tenant of Wildefell Hall by Anne Brontë
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- There There by Tommy Orange
- They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
- Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
- Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
- This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield
- A Thousand Fires by Shannon Price
- A Thousand Perfect Notes by C. G. Drews
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
- To Drink Coffee with a Ghost by Amanda Lovelace
- To Make Monsters Out of Girls by Amanda Lovelace
- Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- Toffee by Sarah Crossan
- Too Late by Colleen Hoover
- The Traitor’s Kiss by Erin Beaty
- Trust with a Chaser by Annabeth Albert
- The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown
- Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten
- Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks
Uu:
- Unashamed by Leah Vernon
- The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
- Under Currents by Nora Roberts
- Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
- The Unwanted Wife by Natasha Anders
Vv:
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore & David Lloyd
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
- The Vegetarian by Han Kang
- Violet Ghosts by Leah Thomas
Ww:
- Wait for You by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- The Wall of Winnipeg & Me by Mariana Zapata
- We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan & Brian Conaghan
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- Well Met by Jen DeLuca
- What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
- What Kind of Girl by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
- What Momma Left Me by Renée Watson
- What Price Paradise by Katherine Allred
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Wherever She Goes by Kelley Armstrong
- The Whisper Man by Alex North
- White Oleander by Janet Fitch
- Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft
- The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
- Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker
- Wimmera by Mark Brandi
- Windfall by Shawna Barnett
- The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace
- The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
- The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
- The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
- A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
- Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters
- A Wounded Name by Dot Hutchinson
Xx:
- None.
Yy:
- You Had One Job by Cari Z. & L.A. Witt
Zz:
- None.