Tag Archives: Ableism

This page lists books that contain trigger and content warnings for the depiction of ableism, including the use of ableist language and slurs.

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Pray they are hungry. Kara finds these words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring the peculiar bunker—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more you fear them, the stronger they become.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Cheating
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drug use mentioned
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Body horror
  • Death of a child
  • Gun violence
  • Torture
  • Animal death
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Radiance by Grace Draven

Radiance by Grace Draven

Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined. Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Forced arranged marriage
  • Child abuse recounted
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Emesis
  • Graphic physical injuries, including eye trauma
  • Field surgery
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Dead bodies & body parts
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a baby sister recounted
  • Death of a brother mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Infanticide recounted (graphic)
  • Torture, off-page
  • Knife violence
  • Poisoning
  • Military violence
  • Animal attack
  • Animal death (dog) & minor butchery scenes
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The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly

The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly

When Skye Rogers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this does not stop the young elite of New York from partying without a care. And then suddenly Skye is invited to join an exclusive gang known as the Secret Runners of New York. But this is no ordinary clique – they have access to an underground portal that can transport them into the future. And what Skye discovers in the future is horrifying: the rumours about the coming apocalypse are true. As society crumbles and Skye and Red race to figure out how… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Antisemitism
  • Racism
  • Misogyny
  • Slut shaming
  • Homomisia
  • Suicide
  • Self harm
  • Drug use
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Emesis
  • Drowning
  • Bullying
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it’s senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer knows himself. If Sal’s not who he thought he was, who is he?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Homomisia
  • Victim blaming
  • Sexual assault
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drug use
  • Terminal cancer
  • Death of a parent
  • Bullying
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Horrid by Katrina Leno

Horrid by Katrina Leno

Following her father’s death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor’s doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone…and more tormented. As the cold New England autumn arrives, and Jane settles in to her new home, she finds solace in old books and memories of her dad. She steadily begins making new friends, but also faces bullying from the resident “bad seed,” struggling to tamp down her own worst… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Child abuse recounted
  • Self-harm mentioned
  • Suicidal ideation mentioned
  • Suicide attempt & suicide, off-page
  • Hospitalisation
  • Panic attacks
  • Nightmares
  • Flashbacks & blackouts
  • Pica (central theme)
  • Blood depiction
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a father & husband from a heart attack recounted
  • Death of a sister recounted
  • Death of a child recounted
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Vivisepulture (being buried alive), on-page & recounted
  • Physical assault
  • Home invasion & vandalism
  • Death of a pet kitten mentioned
  • Bullying

Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare

Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare

The bastard son of a nobleman, Julian Bellamy is now polished to perfection, enthralling the ton with wit and charm while clandestinely plotting to ruin the lords, ravish the ladies, and have the last laugh on a society that once spurned him. But after meeting Leo Chatwick, a decent man and founder of an elite gentlemen’s club, and Lily, Leo’s enchanting sister, Julian reconsiders his wild ways. And when Leo’s tragic murder demands that Julian hunt for justice, he vows to see the woman he secretly loves married to a man of her own class. Lily, however, has a very different husband in mind.  She’s loved Julian forever, adores the man ben… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Murder

Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare

Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare

Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, has no desire to wed this season—or any season—but his diabolical mother abducts him to “Spinster Cove” and insists he select a bride from the ladies in residence. Griff decides to teach her a lesson that will end the marriage debate forever. He chooses the serving girl. Overworked and struggling, Pauline Simms doesn’t dream about dukes. All she wants is to hang up her barmaid apron and open a bookshop. That dream becomes a possibility when an arrogant, sinfully attractive duke offers her a small fortune for a week’s employment. Her duties are simple: submit to his mother’s “duchess… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Slut-shaming
  • Child abuse
  • Death of a child, off-page

Color Outside the Lines edited by Sangu Mandanna

Color Outside the Lines edited by Sangu Mandanna with contributions from Anna-Marie McLemore, Elsie Chapman, Karuna Riazi, Lydia Kang, L.L. McKinney, Lauren Giabaldi, Tara Sim, Caroline Tung Richmond, Kelly Zekas, Tarun Shanker, Samira Ahmed, Adam Silvera, Eric Smith, Lori M. Lee and Michelle Ruiz Keil

When people ask me what this anthology is about, I’m often tempted to give them the complicated answer: it’s about race, and about how being different from the person you love can matter but how it can also not matter, and it’s about Chinese pirate ghosts, black girl vigilantes, colonial India, a flower festival, a garden of poisons, and so, so much else. Honestly, though? I think the answer’s much simpler than that. Color outside the Lines is a collection of stories about young, fierce, brilliantly hopeful people in love.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Ableism, racism & antisemitism
  • Dieting & disordered eating
  • Hospitalisation
  • Police brutality
  • Explosion
  • Bullying

Endangered by Lamar Giles

Endangered by Lamar Giles

The one secret she cares about keeping—her identity—is about to be exposed. Unless Lauren “Panda” Daniels—an anonymous photoblogger who specializes in busting classmates and teachers in compromising positions—plays along with her blackmailer’s little game of Dare or . . . Dare. But when the game turns deadly, Panda doesn’t know what to do. And she may need to step out of the shadows to save herself . . . and everyone else on the Admirer’s hit list.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Ableism
  • Slut shaming
  • Public outing recounted
  • Statutory rape
  • Nonconsensual voyeurism
  • Adult-minor relationship*
  • Cheating
  • Attempted suicide
  • Substance addiction mentioned
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Hospitalisation
  • Murder
  • Physical assault
  • Strangulation
  • Fire
  • Stalking
  • Blackmail
  • Car accident
  • Kidnapping mentioned
  • Bullying & cyberbullying (theme)

*Context : Adult-minor relationship between an underage female student and a male teacher.

Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick

Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick

A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love which will look different to each reader.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Shipwreck