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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

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

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

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 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

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be.

Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues her most is the strange and charismatic owner/director. Could this person really have the answers Frances didn’t even know she was seeking? Should Frances put aside her doubts and immerse herself in everything Tranquillum House has to offer – or should she run while she still can?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Fatmisia & body shaming
Suicide
Depression
Substance addiction
Drug use

Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez

Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez

Vanessa lives life one day at a time. She isn’t willing to waste a moment when she has no idea whether she shares the same fatal genetic condition as her mother. But after her half-sister suddenly leaves Vanessa in custody of her infant daughter, she is housebound for the foreseeable future, and feeling totally out of her element.

The last person she expects to show up offering help is the unbelievably hot lawyer who lives next door, Adrian Copeland. But as they get closer, Vanessa realizes that her carefree ways and his need for a structured plan could never be compatible for the long term. Then again, she should know better than anyone that life’s too short to fear taking the biggest risk of all. . .

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Parental abandonment
Addiction
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he’s diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children.

They’ll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devil’s Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. It’s a place where the fate of peculiar children everywhere will be decided once and for all.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Substance addiction
Death of a grandfather recounted
Gun violence
Bombings
Torture

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss’s willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels’ Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Classism
Hallucinations & delusions
Substance addiction
Nonconsensual drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries
Dead bodies
Hospital
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child
Death of a sister
Death of a friend
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence and stabbing
Explosions
Strangulation
Kidnapping & captivity
Building collapse
War & rebellion themes

Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth

Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth

Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t fix. Her best (and only) friend is pulling away. Her mother’s drinking problem is a constant concern. She’s even running out of outlandish diseases to fake so she can skip PE.

But when Aideen stumbles on her nemesis, overachiever Meabh Kowalski, in the midst of a full-blown meltdown, she sees a problem that—unlike her own disaster of a life—seems refreshingly easy to solve. Meabh is desperate to escape her crushing pile of extracurriculars. Aideen volunteers to help. By pushing Meabh down the stairs.

Problem? Solved. Meabh’s sprained ankle is the perfect excuse to ditch her overwhelming schedule. But when another student learns about their little scheme and brings Aideen another “client” who needs her “help,” it kicks off a semester of traded favors, ill-advised hijinks, and an unexpected chance at love. Fixing other people’s problems won’t fix her own, but it might be the push she needs to start.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Cheating
Parent with alcoholism
Bullying