Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted sexual assault
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Depression
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Torture
  • Imprisonment
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Alpha Night by Nalini Singh

Alpha Night by Nalini Singh

Alpha wolf Selenka Durev’s devotion to her pack is equalled only by her anger at anyone who would harm those under her care. That currently includes the empaths who’ve flowed into her city for a symposium that is a security nightmare, a powder keg just waiting for a match. Ethan Night is an Arrow who isn’t an Arrow. Numb and disengaged from the world, he’s loyal only to himself. Assigned as part of the security force at a world-first symposium, he carries a dark agenda tied to the power-hungry and murderous Consortium. Then violence erupts and Ethan finds himself crashing into the heart and soul of an alpha wolf. Mating… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Eugenics recounted
  • Parental abandonment recounted
  • Psychological & physical child abuse recounted
  • Suicidal ideation mentioned
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Torture recounted, including involuntary sensory deprivation
  • Attempted arson
  • Imprisonment of a child recounted

The Institute by Stephen King

The Institute by Stephen King

In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Slavery
  • Physical child abuse
  • Suicide
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Medical experimentation
  • Death of a child from a seizure
  • Death of parents
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Kidnapping
  • Drowning
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The Green Mile by Stephen King

The Green Mile by Stephen King

Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk “the Green Mile,” the lime-coloured linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain’s electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities over the years working the Mile, but he’s never seen anything like John Coffey–a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about John Coffey–a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape mentioned
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Execution by electric chair
  • Imprisonment
  • Death of a pet mouse

The Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin 

The Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin

Princess Esofi of Rhodia and Crown Prince Albion of Ieflaria have been betrothed since they were children but have never met. At age seventeen, Esofi’s journey to Ieflaria is not for the wedding she always expected but instead to offer condolences on the death of her would-be husband. But Ieflaria is desperately in need of help from Rhodia for their dragon problem, so Esofi is offered a new betrothal to Prince Albion’s younger sister, the new Crown Princess Adale. But Adale has no plans of taking the throne, leaving Esofi with more to battle than fire-breathing beasts.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Suicidal ideation mentioned
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A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne Brown 

A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown

Karina lost everything after a violent coup left her without her kingdom or her throne. Now the most wanted person in Sonande, her only hope of reclaiming what is rightfully hers lies in a divine power hidden in the long-lost city of her ancestors.

Meanwhile, the resurrection of Karina’s sister has spiralled the world into chaos, with disaster after disaster threatening the hard-won peace Malik has found as Farid’s apprentice. When they discover that Karina….. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child physical abuse
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Torture

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The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown 

The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown

Before, Jessica has always struggled with anger issues, but come sophomore year that all changed when Vivi crashes into her life. As their relationship blossoms, Vivi not only helps Jess deal with her pain, she also encourages her to embrace her talent as an artist. And for the first time, it feels like the future is filled with possibilities. After In the midst of senior year, Jess’s perfect world is erased when Vivi suddenly passes away. Reeling from the devastating loss, Jess pushes everyone away and throws out her plans to go to art school. Because art is Vivi and Vivi is gone forever… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Queermisia
  • Suicidal ideation
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Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between two worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece of herself behind on the East Side. There are dangers to leaving behind the place that made you. Echo soon realizes… Read more.

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DiscriminationRacism, sexism
Sexual ViolenceRape
Paedophilia & child sexual assault
Abuse
Mental HealthDepressive episode
Suicide & suicidal ideation
Alcohol & DrugsDrug & alcohol abuse
Overdose
Fertility
Medical
DeathDeath of a parent
ViolenceMurder
Car accident
Natural Disasters
Animal

Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman 

Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Harley Milano has dreamed of becoming a trapeze artist for as long as she can remember. With parents who run a famous circus in Las Vegas, she spends almost every night in the big top watching their lead aerialist perform, wishing with all her heart and soul that she would be up there herself one day.

After a huge fight with her parents, who continue to insist she go to school instead, Harley leaves home, betrays her family, and joins the rival travelling circus… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Depression
  • Suicidal ideation mentioned
  • Heart attack
  • Death of a parent mentioned
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It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne 

It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne

Audrey is over romance. While dealing with her parents’ contentious divorce, a breakup of her own, and shifting friendship dynamics, she has every reason to feel cynical. But then she meets Harry, her fellow coworker at the local cinema. He’s brash, impulsive, and a major flirt. And even though Audrey tries to resist, she finds herself falling for his charms. But in this funny, insightful, and ultimately empowering novel, love—and life—isn’t what it’s like in the movies.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Depression
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self-harm
  • Recreational drug use
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