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The Wicker King by K Ancrum

The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a world ruled by the Wicker King. As Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy in this alternate world, even August begins to question what is real or not.

August and Jack struggle to keep afloat as they teeter between fantasy and their own emotions. In the end, each must choose his own truth.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableist language
Child abuse & neglect (theme)
Panic attacks & anxiety attacks
Depression & depressive episodes
Degenerative hallucinatory disorder, hallucinations & delusions
Trauma, codependency & separation anxiety
Suicidal ideation and self-harm
Alcohol consumption
Needles
Surgery
Forced psychiatric hospitalisation
Fire & pyromania
Drowning

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone. A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Persecution for ‘witchcraft’ (theme)
Indentured servitude and slavery
Forced underaged sex work recounted
Child abuse recounted
Disownment
Substance and gambling addiction
Nightmares
Coerced suicide (implied)
Alcohol consumption, recreational drug use & non-consensual drugging including forced and coerced drug dependency
Blood, gore & injury depiction including dead bodies, emesis, medical experimentation, plague, eyeball trauma, and non-consensual body modifications
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father & brother recounted
Death of a friend
Murder & attempted murder
Physical assault
Knife and gun violence
Torture
Strangulation
Explosions
Kidnapping and captivity
Incarceration
Drowning
Animal death
Animal attack & death by an animal attack
Bullying

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives.

Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz’s cunning and test the team’s fragile loyalties.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Persecution for witchcraft
Classism
Indentured servitude discussed
Forced underaged sex work recounted
Child rape recounted
Child abuse
Parental abandonment
Disownment
Drug addiction
Gambling addiction
Drug dependency and withdrawal discussed
Recreational drug use recounted
Alcohol consumption
Pregnancy mentioned (secondary character)
Blood and gore depiction
Graphic physical injuries
Chronic illness and pain
Plague mentioned
Consensual body modification
Death of a boyfriend and death of a friend, on-page
Murder & attempted murder
Torture, on-page
Explosions
Gun violence
Knife violence & stabbing
Kidnapping & captivity
Imprisonment
Home invasion
Blackmail and death threats
Poverty themes and debt collection mentioned

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There’s an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableist language
Fat-shaming comments
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence
Fire

Sovereign by April Daniels

Sovereign by April Daniels

Only nine months after her debut as the superhero Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job and she’s doing it alone. Between her newfound celebrity and her demanding cape duties, Dreadnought is stretched thin, and it’s only going to get worse.

When she crosses a newly discovered billionaire supervillain, Dreadnought comes under attack from all quarters. From her troubled family life to her disintegrating friendship with Calamity, there’s no lever too cruel for this villain to use against her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Transmisia & transmisic slurs
Misgendering
Nightmares & night terrors
Self harm
Suicidal ideation mentioned
Nonconsensual drugging (sedative)
Minor blood depiction
Physical injuries, including paraplegia & loss of limb
Murder & attempted murder
Torture
Gun violence
Explosion
Kidnapping
Hostage situation
Fire
Near-drowning incident
Imprisonment
Tear gas
Homelessness

Dreadnought by April Daniels

Dreadnought by April Daniels

Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and died right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she’s transgender. But before he expired, Dreadnought passed his mantle to her, and those secondhand superpowers transformed Danny’s body into what she’s always thought it should be. Now there’s no hiding that she’s a girl.

It should be the happiest time of her life, but Danny’s first weeks finally living in a body that fits her are more difficult and complicated than she could have imagined. Between her father’s dangerous obsession with “curing” her girlhood, her best friend suddenly acting like he’s entitled to date her, and her fellow superheroes arguing over her place in their ranks, Danny feels like she’s in over her head… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language, including the r slur
Transmisia, internalised transmisia & transmisic slurs (theme)
Queermisia & queermisic slurs
Misgendering & deadnaming
Coming out themes & outing
Sexism & misogyny
Physical, emotional & verbal parental abuse
Suicidal ideation
Murder
Bullying
Doxxing

Love Language by Reese Morrison

Love Language by Reese Morrison

Marco and Greg would both rather be anywhere than a kink club on Valentine’s Day. Marco doesn’t have the patience to speech-read in a hearing crowd. And Greg is still mourning his Sir who passed away three years ago.

But when Greg steps in to explain something in ASL, Marco can’t stop thinking about the light he sees in those sad eyes. Strong, older, fluent in sign language, and sweetly submissive, Greg is exactly Marco’s type. Even if Greg isn’t ready for another relationship yet, Marco isn’t ready to let him go… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Transmisia
Sex scenes involving consensual non-consensual kink & incest play, on-page
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother
Death of a partner recounted

Coffee Boy by Austin Chant

Coffee Boy by Austin Chant

After graduation, Kieran expected to go straight into a career of flipping burgers—only to be offered the internship of his dreams at a political campaign. But the pressure of being an out trans man in the workplace quickly sucks the joy out of things, as does Seth, the humorless campaign strategist who watches his every move.

Soon, the only upside to the job is that Seth has a painful crush on their painfully straight boss, and Kieran has a front row seat to the drama. But when Seth proves to be as respectful and supportive as he is prickly, Kieran develops an awkward crush of his own—one which Seth is far too prim and proper to ever reciprocate.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Transmisia & misgendering
Dysphoria mentioned
Dubious consent scenario*
Alcohol consumption

*The main character kisses the love interest when he is drunk.

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they’re thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling with an anxiety disorder compounded by their parents’ rejection, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their therapist and try to keep a low profile in a new school.

But Ben’s attempts to survive the last half of senior year unnoticed are thwarted when Nathan Allan, a funny and charismatic student, decides to take Ben under his wing. As Ben and Nathan’s friendship grows, their feelings for each other begin to change, and what started as a disastrous turn of events looks like it might just be a chance to start a happier new life.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Coming out themes (multiple scenes)
Disownment from queermisic parents
Transmisia & misgendering
Homomisia
Ableism & ableist language
Slut-shaming recounted
Suicidal ideation
Physical, emotional & verbal parental abuse
Anxiety & panic attacks, on-page
Depression & depressive episode
Body dysphoria
Alcohol consumption
Prescription drug use discussed
Pregnancy discussed
Emesis

All That Entails by EM Hamill

All That Entails by E.M. Hamill

A gender-fluid prince finds an unexpected ally in an arranged marriage with a transgender man.

Prince Darian is willing to give up his penchant for gowns when he must wed for the sake of the kingdom. However, his intended bride has a secret of their own. A marriage of convenience may bring something neither expected—acceptance, and all that entails.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism
Transmisia
Misgendering & deadnaming
Arranged marriage
Domestic abuse
Child abuse