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The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement – a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle.

Assume nothing.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Teacher-student relationship
Martial rape
Domestic abuse (on-page)
Cheating
Panic attack
Nightmares
Claustrophobia
Attempted suicide (on-page)
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Drug abuse
Abortion recounted
Miscarriage mentioned
Infertility & pregnancy discussed
Physical injuries, including vision loss
Emesis
Cancer recounted
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother & father recounted
Strangulation
Drowning recounted
Stalking
Car accident mentioned
Death of a pet mentioned

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary’s own brother. Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian—but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Homomisia & queermisia
Racism
Hate crimes
Attempted rape & sexual assault recounted
Incest
Child abuse & neglect
Parental abandonment
Intimate partner violence recounted
Cheating recounted
Nightmares
Suicide, self-sacrifice & attempted suicide
Suicidal ideation
Self-inflicted injuries
Alcohol consumption
Nonconsensual drugging
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child
Death of a friend
Death of a brother & sister
Death of a mother & father
Death of a husband & wife
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Kidnapping & captivity
Blackmail
Exile
Drowning
Fire
Whipping recounted
Disappearance of a loved one
War themes including graphic battle scenes

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

Astrid has been raised by her mother, a beautiful, headstrong poet. Astrid forgives her everything as her world revolves around this beautiful creature until Ingrid murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life. Astrid’s fierce determination to survive and be loved makes her an unforgettable figure.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Graphic child sexual abuse
Domestic abuse
Cheating
Suicide
Alcoholism
Murder
Gun violence
Incarceration

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn’t know is that Nick’s family home happens to look like a palace, that she’ll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia’s most eligible bachelors on her arm.

Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family practically lives in the pages of the Hong Kong socialite magazines; and Eleanor, Nick’s formidable mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should–and should not–marry.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Racism & racial slurs
Slut shaming
Classism (theme)
Domestic abuse
Child abuse
Cheating
Dog fighting mentioned

11/22/63 by Stephen King

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old English teacher in Maine. He receives an essay from one of the students—a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.

Not much later, Jake’s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson and his new world of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald—a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny
Slut shaming
Racism
Child abuse
Domestic abuse
Alcoholism & alcohol abuse
Disfigurmisia
Terminal cancer
Hospital
Emesis
Blood depiction
Graphic physical injuries & illness
Death of a child
Murder
Gun violence
Knife violence
Car accident

City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound her beloved Jace together with her evil brother Sebastian, and that Jace has become a servant of evil. The Clave is out to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other.

As Alec, Magnus, Simon, and Isabelle wheedle and bargain with Seelies, demons, and the merciless Iron Sisters to try to save Jace, Clary plays a dangerous game of her own. The price of losing is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Homomisia & queermisia
Slut shaming
Hate crimes
Attempted rape & sexual assault
Incest
Child abuse recounted
Intimate partner violence recounted
Disownment
Hallucinations
Nightmares
Self-inflicted injuries
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Blood & gore depiction, including blood-drinking
Physical injuries
Dead bodies
Medical experimentation
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child
Death of a friend
Death of a brother & sister
Death of a mother & father
Death of a boyfriend
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Gun violence
Poisoning
Fire
Whipping
Disappearance of a loved one

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most importantly of all—she can finally call Jace her boyfriend.

But nothing comes without a price… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Hate crimes
Child abuse recounted
Intimate partner violence recounted
Disownment
Substance addiction mentioned
Nightmares
Nonconsensual drugging
Infertility themes
Blood & gore depiction, including blood-drinking
Physical injuries
Dead bodies
Medical experimentation
Comas
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child
Death of a brother
Death of a parent
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Gun violence
Explosion
War themes & battle scenes

Carrie by Stephen King

Carrie by Stephen King

Carrie knew she should not use the terrifying power she possessed… But one night at her senior prom, Carrie was scorned and humiliated just one time too many, and in a fit of uncontrollable fury she turned her clandestine game into a weapon of horror and destruction.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Antisemitism
Racism & racial slurs
Rape & attempted rape
Child abuse
Domestic abuse mentioned
Self harm
Blood depiction
Fire
Animal cruelty
Bullying

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver’s acclaimed international bestseller tells the story of an American missionary family in the Congo during a poignant chapter in African history. It spins the tale of the fierce evangelical Baptist, Nathan Price, who takes his wife and four daughters on a missionary journey into the heart of darkness of the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them to Africa all they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it – from garden seeds to the King James Bible – is calamitously transformed on African soil.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism
Misogyny
Domestic violence
War themes

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a killer?

As the cops close in, Nick stands by his innocence. Trouble is, if Nick didn’t do it, where is that beautiful wife? And what was in that silvery gift box hidden in the back of her bedroom closet?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Blood depiction
Rape mentioned
Domestic violence mentioned
Cheating
Murder
Death of a parent recounted
Poisoning mentioned
Disappearance of a spouse
Animal death