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The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker

Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899.

Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.

Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker’s debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape
Forced marriage
Attempted suicide
Miscarriage
Death of a parent

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet—sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors—doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As the violence escalates, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Attempted rape & sexual assault
Drug use
Death of parent
Refugee experiences

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Sooner or later the dead catch up. When Judas Coyne heard someone was selling a ghost on the internet, there was no question. It was perfect for his collection of the macabre: the cannibal’s cookbook, the witch’s confession, the authentic snuff movie. As an ageing death-metal rock-god, buying a poltergeist almost qualifies as a business expense.

Besides, Jude thinks he knows all about ghosts. Jude has been haunted for years… by the spirits of bandmates dead and gone, the spectre of the abusive father he fled as a child, and the memory of the suicidal girl he abandoned. But this ghost, delivered to his doorstep in a black heart-shaped box, is different. It makes the house feel cold. It makes the dogs bark. And it means to chase Jude from his home and make him run for his life.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape of a child
Death of a parent
Animal death (dog)

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it.

But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final year project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism
Sexual assault
Statutory rape
Rape recounted
Student-teacher relationship
Suicide
Disordered eating mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Nonconsensual drugging (roofies)
Death of a parent recounted
Murder
Car accident recounted
Kidnapping
Blackmail
Animal death
Bullying

A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron

A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron

Buddy is a good dog.

After searching for his purpose through several eventful lives, Buddy is sure that he has found and fulfilled it. Yet as he watches curious baby Clarity get into dangerous mischief, he is certain that this little girl is very much in need of a dog of her own.

When Buddy is reborn, he realizes that he has a new destiny. He’s overjoyed when he is adopted by Clarity, now a vibrant but troubled teenager. When they are suddenly separated, Buddy despairs―who will take care of his girl?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Domestic abuse & violence
Alcoholism & alcohol abuse
Recreational drug use & abuse
Hospital
Needles
Cancer mentioned
Death of a father mentioned
Car accident
Stalking
Homelessness
Animal death, including the death of a pet dog

Dewey Belong Together by Ann Whynot

Dewey Belong Together by Ann Whynot

Librarian Maxine Peters lives her life behind the scenes. By day, she’s a buttoned-up cataloguing whiz in the basement of the Green Valley Public Library. By night, she’s secretly dominating in an online role-playing game as the legendary Maximus_Damage. Her in-game persona has the skills to back up the hype. But every hero has an enemy; every saga, a villain. And by her own invitation, Maximus’ archnemesis, Wrath, has just landed in Green Valley.

Jonathan Owen is not at all who Maxine expects when she meets Wrath face to face. Eager to leave the past in the game, Jonathan takes this golden opportunity to win Maxine’s heart. There’s just one wrench in that plan: he may have, on a few occasions… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Parental abuse
Anxiety
Agoraphobia
Bipolar Disorder
Death of a parent
Physical assault

Boy, I’m Yours by Molly McLain

Boy, I’m Yours by Molly McLain

Our connection was instant. But this boy won’t make it easy.

There’s something about Colorado I just can’t escape. It keeps calling me back, time and time again, promising that everything I’ve ever wanted lay amidst those rocky mountains and beneath that moonlit sky.

I had no idea what that something was… until I laid eyes on Dustin McMurray. Six feet of charming man with broad shoulders, kissable lips, and deep green eyes that see right through me. The only problem is my Colorado cowboy isn’t interested in more than one night… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Alcoholism mentioned
Death of a parent
Car accident

Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks

Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks

Eveline Armstrong is fiercely loved and protected by her powerful clan, but outsiders consider her “touched.” Beautiful, fey, with a level, intent gaze, she doesn’t speak. No one, not even her family, knows that she cannot hear. Content with her life of seclusion, Eveline has taught herself to read lips and allows the outside world to view her as daft. But when an arranged marriage into a rival clan makes Graeme Montgomery her husband, Eveline accepts her duty—unprepared for the delights to come. Graeme is a rugged warrior with a voice so deep and powerful that his new bride can hear it, and hands and kisses so tender and… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Threats of rape & sexual harassment
Forced marriage
Loss of hearing in an horse-riding accident recounted, off-page
Death of a parent
Attempted murder, on-page
Kidnapping

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.

An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But Elin’s taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason not to accept.

Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sexism
Victim blaming discussed
Rape recounted
Parental abandonment mentioned
Depression & psychotic depression
Panic attacks, on-page
Abortion recounted
Infertility mentioned
Needles
Graphic dead bodies, on-page
Emesis mentioned
Amputation of fingers, off-page
Medical experimentation & inhumane procedures discussed
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother from cancer recounted
Death of a mother in a hit-and-run accident mentioned
Death of a brother by drowning recounted
Death of a colleague by drowning
Murder & attempted murder, on-page
Drowning & attempted drowning
Knife violence & stabbing, on-page
Kidnapping, on-page
Physical assault
Disappearance of a wife
Avalanche, on-page

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

Three years ago, Tanner Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah.

But when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo High’s prestigious Seminar—where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester—Tanner can’t resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Four months is an eternity… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia, internalised homomisia & homomisic slurs
Bimisia
Religious bigotry
Coming out (central theme)
Conversion therapy discussed
Death of a father during military service mentioned
Ex-communication from Mormon community mentioned