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Fairest by Marissa Meyer

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who is the Fairest of them all? Pure evil has a name, hides behind a mask of deceit, and uses her “glamour” to gain power. But who is Queen Levana? Long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress in The Lunar Chronicles, Levana lived a very different story–a story that has never been told… until now.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape by coercion (mind control)
Parental infidelity mentioned
Alcohol consumption mentioned
Death from childbirth mentioned
Non-consensual amputation of both feet mentioned (secondary character)*
Murder by gun & knife violence including stabbings & a slit throat
Death from poisoning mentioned
Presumed death in a fire and discussions of resulting burn scars to the protagonist

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

There is a hint of Armageddon in the air. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world will end on a Saturday. So the Armies of Good and Evil are massing, and the world’s last two remaining witchfinders are getting ready to Fight the Good Fight. Atlantis is rising. Frogs are falling. Tempers are flaring, and everything appears to be going to Divine Plan.

Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. They’ve lived amongst Humanity for millennia, and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle. So if Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they’ve got to find and kill the AntiChrist (which is a shame, really, as he’s a nice kid). There’s just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia & homomisic slurs
Fatmisia & body shaming
Racism & racist language
Starvation
Eating disorder
Childbirth
Blood depiction
Gun violence
Car accident
Animal abuse
Animal death

Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan

A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don’t need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week.

So begins Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, in which the son of Poseidon adds his own magic–and sarcastic asides–to the classics.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny
Slavery
Rape
Incest
Sexual harassment
Parental abandonment & neglect
Alcohol consumption
Nonconsensual drugging
Pregnancy
Pregnancy from rape
Childbirth
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies & body parts
Dismemberment
Cannibalism
Emesis
Death of a father & husband
Death of a daughter
Infanticide
Murder
Torture
Whipping mentioned
Imprisonment
Animal death

The Ice Dragon by George RR Martin

The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin

The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember.

Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold. In her fourth year she touched it, and in her fifth year she rode upon its broad, chilled back for the first time. Then, in her seventh year, on a calm summer day, fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara’s home. And only a winter child—and the ice dragon who loved her—could save her world from utter destruction.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Blood & gore depiction
Death of a mother in childbirth mentioned
Animal injury & illness

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.

Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remains, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. Now that the boy and girl are four, it’s time to go, but the journey ahead will be terrifying: twenty miles downriver in a rowboat—blindfolded—with nothing to rely on but her wits and the children’s trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. Something is following them all the while, but is it man, animal, or monster?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child abuse
Suicide
Childbirth
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries
Murder
Graphic animal death

Dustborn by Erin Bowman

Dustborn by Erin Bowman

Delta of Dead River has always been told to hide her back, where a map is branded on her skin to a rumored paradise called the Verdant. In a wasteland plagued by dust squalls, geomagnetic storms, and solar flares, many would kill for it—even if no one can read it. So when raiders sent by a man known as the General attack her village, Delta suspects he is searching for her.

Delta sets out to rescue her family but quickly learns that in the Wastes no one can be trusted—perhaps not even her childhood friend, Asher, who has been missing for nearly a decade. If Delta can trust Asher, she just might decode the map and trade evidence of the Verdant to the General for her family. What Delta doesn’t count on is what waits at the Verdant: a long-forgotten secret that will shake the foundation of her entire world.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Addiction
Alcohol consumption
Nonconsensual drugging
Pregnancy
Death during childbirth
Blood & gore depiction
Amputation
Death of a mother (on-page)
Death of a sister
Murder
Gun violence
Knife violence
Imprisonment
Kidnapping
Death of a pet
Hunting

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven’t spoken since… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Physical injury & illness including pneumonia
Death of a mother due to childbirth complications mentioned
Death of a pet mentioned

10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac

10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac

Think positive. Don’t worry; be happy. Keep calm and carry on.

Maeve has heard it all before. She’s been struggling with severe anxiety for a long time, and as much as she wishes it was something she could just talk herself out of, it’s not. She constantly imagines the worst, composes obituaries in her head, and is always ready for things to fall apart. To add to her troubles, her mom—the only one who really gets what Maeve goes through—is leaving for six months, so Maeve will be sent to live with her dad in Vancouver.

Vancouver brings a slew of new worries, but Maeve finds brief moments of calm (as well as even more worries) with Salix, a local girl who doesn’t seem to worry about anything. Between her dad’s wavering sobriety, her very pregnant stepmom insisting on a home birth, and her bumbling courtship with Salix, this summer brings more catastrophes than even Maeve could have foreseen. Will she be able to navigate through all the chaos to be there for the people she loves?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Bimisia
Lesbomisia
Sexual assault, specifically nonconsensual kiss
Anxiety and anxiety attacks
Alcoholism
Suicide
Drug abuse
Drug addiction, including relapse/s
Childbirth
Death of a friend

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

In 1979, Daisy Jones and The Six split up. Together, they had redefined the 70’s music scene, creating an iconic sound that rocked the world. Apart, they baffled a world that had hung on their every verse.

This book is an attempt to piece together a clear portrait of the band’s rise to fame and their abrupt and infamous split. The following oral history is a compilation of interviews, emails, transcripts, and lyrics, all pertaining to the personal and professional lives of the members of the band The Six and singer Daisy Jones.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Slut-shaming
Abusive relationship
Cheating
Substance addiction & recovery (theme)
Recreational drug use & abuse
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Overdose mentioned
Pregnancy & childbirth mentioned
Abortion
Emesis
Death from a heart attack
Death of a friend
Vietnam War mentioned

Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe by Madeline Miller

In the house of Helios, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power – the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus. But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape (on-page)
Rape by coercion recounted & discussed
Incest mentioned
Emotional, verbal & physical abuse
Cheating
Arranged & forced marriage
Nightmares
Suicide & suicidal ideation
Self-harm
Alcohol consumption
Nonconsensual drugging
Graphic caesarean childbirth (on-page)
Pregnancy
Blood & physical injury depiction
Dead bodies
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a sibling
Death of a child
Death of a father
Death of a husband
Murder
Torture
Death from a fall
Death by drowning mentioned
Animal death (on-page)
Bestiality mentioned & recounted
Bullying