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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Newlyweds, Celestial and Roy, are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is artist on the brink of an exciting career. They are settling into the routine of their life together, when they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Slut-shaming
Rape & statutory rape
Abortion
Cancer mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Incarceration

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship–the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Hate crimes
PTSD
Depression
Nightmares
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Car accident
Incarceration
Animal death

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

Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

It’s not that far from Evanston to Naperville, but Chicago suburbanites Will Grayson and Will Grayson might as well live on different planets. When fate delivers them both to the same surprising crossroads, the Will Graysons find their lives overlapping and hurtling in new and unexpected directions. With a push from friends new and old – including the massive, and massively fabulous, Tiny Cooper, offensive lineman and musical theater auteur extraordinaire – Will and Will begin building toward respective romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most awesome high school musical. (less)

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Coming out themes
Homophobia & slurs
Fatmisia & body shaming
Bullying

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

May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor

May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

Jeremy Harkiss, cheer captain and student body president, won’t let coming out as a transgender boy ruin his senior year. Instead of bowing to the bigots and outdate school administration, Jeremy decides to make some noise—and how better than by challenging his all-star ex-boyfriend, Lukas for the title of Homecoming King? Lukas Rivers, football star and head of the Homecoming Committee, is just trying to find order in his life after his older brother’s funeral and the loss long-term girlfriend—who turned out to be a boy. But when Jeremy threatens to break his heart and steal his crown, Lukas kick starts a plot to sabotage Jeremy’s campaign.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language (r slur)
Racism mentioned
Classism
Misogyny
Homomisia
Transmisia including misgendering and deadnaming
Dysphoria
Sexual harassment mentioned
Child abuse
Alcohol consumption
Death of a sibling
Graphic physical assault
Bullying

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective—the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change,” and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.

This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism
Homomisia mentioned
War & terrorism discussed

I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman

I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman

Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from home to find the boy that he loves, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City after a family tragedy leaves him isolated on the outskirts of Washington state. After the three of them collide in Central Park, they slowly reveal the parts of their past that they haven’t been able to confront, and together, they find their way back to who they’re supposed to be.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Forced coming out
Child neglect & abandonment
Suicide & suicidal ideation
Physical injuries, including eye trauma & concussion

Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler

Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler

Lara’s had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He’s tall, strong, sweet, a football star, and frankly, stupid hot. Except she’s haunted by a romantic, strangely perfect summer spent with a girl named Jasmine. A memory that becomes a confusing, disorienting present when Jasmine herself walks through the front doors of the school to see Lara and Chase chatting it up in front of the lockers.

Lara has everything she ever wanted: a tight-knit group of friends, a job that borders on cool, and Chase, the boy of her literal dreams. But if she’s finally got the guy, why can’t she stop thinking about the girl?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia & internalised homomisia
Bimisia
Alcohol consumption

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters – never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Hate crimes
Incest
Sexual assault
Child abuse recounted
Intimate partner violence recounted
Hallucinations
Graphic suicide & self-inflicted injuries recounted
Pregnancy & childbirth mentioned
Blood & gore depiction, including blood-drinking
Physical injuries
Dead bodies
Medical experimentation
Needles & syringes
Forced starvation
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child
Death of a brother
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Explosion
Poisoning
Kidnapping
Imprisonment
Fire
Drowning
War themes & battle scenes