Starvation and dehydration

This page lists books that contain trigger warnings for starvation and dehydration depiction, including death from starvation and dehydration, famine and water scarcity. You can click on each title for more context.

See also Eating disorders and Dieting and restrictive eating.

For any other related warnings not listed here, please see the database for our comprehensive list.

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W– X – Y – Z

Aa:

• The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith

Bb:

• The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes by Suzanne Collins
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
• The Boy Who Wouldn’t Die by David Nyoul Vincent with Carol Nader
• Bright Burning Stars by A.K. Small
• The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons

Cc:

• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
• Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris
• City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
• Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
• Cress by Marissa Meyer

Dd:

• Dead Space by Kali Wallace
• The Deep by Rivers Solomon

Ee:

• The Evertree by Marie Lu

Ff:

• Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
• The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth
• Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora

Gg:

• The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
• Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
• The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Hh:

• How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference by Rebecca Huntley
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Ii:

• The Impossible Contract by K.A. Doore

Jj:

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Kk:

• None.

Ll:

• Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
• The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

Mm:

• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Nn:

• Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis

Oo:

• Oasis by Katya de Becerra
• One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

Pp:

• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
• Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
• The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore

Qq:

• None.

Rr:

• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Renegade Love by Ann Aguirre
• The Revenant by Michael Punke
• The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee with Michael Dante DiMartino

Ss:

• A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout
• The Silence of Bones by June Hur
• Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Tt:

• To Stand in the Light by Kayla Bashe

Uu:

• None.

Vv:

• Vagrant Queen, Vol. 1 by Magdalene Visaggio & Jason Smith

Ww:

• The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer
• We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal
• The Whatnot by Stefan Bachmann
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power
• The Woods by Harlan Coben

Xx:

• None.

Yy:

• None.

Zz:

• None.