Police brutality and discrimiantion

This page lists books that contain trigger warnings for police brutality, and police violence; as well as police discrimination, abuse of power, and racial profiling. Click on each title for more context.

See also Racism, Gun violence, and Murder and attempted murder.

If you’re looking for other related warnings, please see the database for a comprehensive list.

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Aa:

• Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
• Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin
• All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi
• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
• The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz & Tiffany D. Jackson

Bb:

• Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen
• The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
• Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
• The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough
• Burn Down, Rise Up by Tirado Vincent

Cc:

• Carefree Black Girls by Zeba Blay
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
• City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault
• Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
• Cop Town by Karin Slaughter
• The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris

Dd:

• Darling by K. Ancrum
• Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Ee:

• Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza

Ff:

• The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward
• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Gg:

• Ghost Wood Song by Eria Waters
• The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

Hh:

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Hexslayer by Jordan L. Hawk

Ii:

• If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
• Intimations by Zadie Smith
• Iron Cast by Destiny Soria

Jj:

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Kk:

• King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
• Kneel by Candace Buford

Ll:

• Love Like Sky by Leslie C. Youngblood

Mm:

• The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

Nn:

• Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
• No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnball
• Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney

Oo:

• On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
• One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite
• The Overstory by Richard Powers

Pp:

• Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
• Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
• Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
• Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam

Qq:

• None.

Rr:

• The Removed by Brandon Hobson

Ss:

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• The Silence of Bones by June Hur
• Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
• Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell
• Social Queue by Kay Kerr
• A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
• A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
• Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
• Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson

Tt:

• Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
• This Train is Being Held by Ismée Amiel Williams
• To Love While Back Is to Riot by Regina Williams
• Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

Uu:

• Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Boy by Emmanuel Acho
• Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Vv:

• Viral Airwaves by Claudie Arseneault

Ww:

• When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger
• Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
• Winterblaze by Kristen Callihan
• Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart
• The Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara

Xx:

• None.

Yy:

• None.

Zz:

• Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon