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It by Stephen King

Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Racism & homophobia
Hate crimes
Sexual assault
Domestic abuse
Suicide
Graphic blood, gore & injury depiction, including broken bones, amputation, dead bodies & decapitation
Hospitalisation
Death of a child, friend & father
Murder & attempted murder
Bullying
Animal death

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Will Graham stands in a silent, empty house communing with a killer. An FBI instructor with a gift for hunting madmen, Graham knows what his murderer looks like, how he thinks, and what he did to his victims after they died. Now Graham must try to catch him. But to do it, he must feel the heat of a killer’s brain, draw on the macabre advice of a dangerous mental patient, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and follow a trail of microscopic clues to the place where another family has already been chosen to die–and where an innocent woman has found the Dragon first.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny
Fatmisia & body shaming
Transmisia
Suicide
Blood & gore depiction
Cannibalism
Murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping

Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara’s beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged.

When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it’s too late.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Slut shaming
Child pornography
Adult-minor relationship mentioned
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Nightmares, flashbacks & trauma
Alcohol consumption
Smoking
Nonconsensual drugging
Physical injury
Hospitalisation
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a grandmother recounted
Death of a sister & child
Car accident
Disappearance of a loved one
Death from a fall mentioned
Kidnapping mentioned

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—”Cupid Day”—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is … until she dies in a terrible accident that night.

However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Fatmisia
Homomisia & homomisia slurs
Slut shaming
Ableist slurs
Teacher-student relationship
Suicide & attempted suicide
Alcohol consumption
Drug use mentioned
Death of a friend in a car accident
Gun violence
Bullying

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

At first, Jude and her twin brother Noah, are inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them.

Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways… but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor. The early years are Noah’s to tell; the later years are Jude’s. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they’ll have a chance to remake their world.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Forced outing
Homomisia

The One True Me and You by Remi England

The One True Me and You by Remi K. England

Up and coming fanfic author Kaylee Beaumont is internally screaming at the chance to finally meet her fandom friends in real life and spend a weekend at GreatCon. She also has a side quest for the weekend: try out they/them pronouns to see how it feels, wear more masculine-presenting cosplay, and kiss a girl for the first time.

It’s… a lot, and Kay mostly wants to lie face down on the hotel floor. Especially when her hometown bully, Miss North Carolina, shows up in the very same hotel. But there’s this con-sponsored publishing contest, and the chance to meet her fandom idols… and then, there’s Teagan… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Transmisia
Homomisia
Lesbomisia
Public outing
Sexism
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother from suicide recounted
Gender dysphoria
Bullying

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a girl to trade her sexuality for survival, Margot is ruthlessly determined to shield Thandi from the same fate. When plans for a new hotel threaten their village, Margot sees not only an opportunity for her own financial independence but also perhaps a chance to admit a shocking secret: her forbidden love for another woman. As they face the impending destruction of their community, each woman fighting to balance the burdens she shoulders with the freedom she craves must confront long-hidden scars. From a much-heralded new writer, Here Comes the Sun offers a dramatic glimpse into a vibrant, passionate world most outsiders see simply as paradise.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Body shaming & fatmisia
Classism
Colourism
Lesbomisia
Homomisia
Sexism & misogyny
Racism & racial slurs, including misogynoir
Sex worker shaming & slurs
Slut-shaming
Transmisia
Victim blaming
Rape, including by coercion, statutory & gang rape
Sexual abuse & assault, including child sexual assault
Sexual harassment, including in the workplace
Incest
Paedophilia & grooming
Child abuse
Domestic abuse & violence
Emotional abuse
Verbal abuse
Parental abuse, neglect & abandonement
Estrangement & disownment
Disordered weight & body thoughts
Disfigurmisia
Anxiety disorder & anxiety attacks
Depression
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Memory disorder, specifically dementia
Self harm, including self-immolation
Drug use
Hospitals & hospitalisation
Physical assault
Sex work & trafficking
Drowning
Outing
Gentrification
Displacement
Animal death
Blackmail
Gaslighting

Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

Pony just wants to fly under the radar during senior year. Tired from all the attention he got at his old school after coming out as transgender, he’s looking for a fresh start at Hillcrest High. But it’s hard to live your best life when the threat of exposure lurks down every hallway and in every bathroom.

Georgia is beginning to think there’s more to life than cheerleading. She plans on keeping a low profile until graduation…which is why she promised herself that dating was officially a no-go this year.

Then, on the very first day of school, the new guy and the cheerleader lock eyes. How is Pony supposed to stay stealth when he wants to get close to a girl like Georgia? How is Georgia supposed to keep her promise when sparks start flying with a boy like Pony?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Acemisia
Homomisia
Lesbomisia, including slurs and internalised
Transmisia, including slurs and internalised
Deadnaming
Misgendering
Graphic assault against trans character, including physical assault
Parental abuse
Suicidal ideation
Forced and pressured outing
Hate crime
Bullying

One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus

On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app. Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon’s dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism, racism, sexism & slut-shaming
Homophobia & coming out themes
Dubious consent scenarios involving minors discussed, including mentions of nonconsensual voyeurism*
Parental abandonment recounted
Infidelity, recounted & discussed
Alcoholism mentioned
Bipolar Disorder
Suicide & attempted suicide and self-harm
Alcohol consumption & abuse and recreational drug use
Death from anaphylaxis
Cancer mentioned and heart attack
Hospitalisation
Death of a classmate (on-page)
Death of an uncle mentioned
Death of a mother recounted
Murder & attempted murder
School shooting & gun violence discussed
Strangulation
Physical assault
Car accident recounted
Blackmail
Bullying

*Context: Characters under the influence of alcohol recount having sex, and a protagonist recounts coerced ‘consent’ to sex with her boyfriend.

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth’s magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires – the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa’s best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them. After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir’s Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia & slut-shaming
Sexual harassment
Teacher-student relationship
Depression & self-harm by cutting (secondary character, on-page)
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction & blood-drinking (on-page)
Animal death