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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

In the final days of December 2004, in a small rural village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa hides in the woods when her father is abducted by Russian forces. Fearing for her life, she flees with their neighbour Akhmed—a failed physician—to the bombed-out hospital, where Sonja, the one remaining doctor, treats a steady stream of wounded rebels and refugees and mourns her missing sister. Over the course of five dramatic days, Akhmed and Sonja reach back into their pasts to unravel the intricate mystery that unexpectedly binds them and decides their fate….

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted rape
Substance addiction
Murder
Torture
War themes

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

When his master’s eccentric brother chooses him to be his manservant, Wash is terrified of the cruelties he is certain await him. But Christopher Wilde, or “Titch,” is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor, and abolitionist. He initiates Wash into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky; where two people, separated by an impossible divide, might begin to see each other as human; and where a boy born in chains can embrace a life of dignity and meaning. But when a man is killed and a bounty is placed on Wash’s head, Titch abandons everything to save him… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Racism & racial slurs
Body mutilation & disfigurement
Torture mentioned

The Record Keeper by Agnes Gomillion

The Record Keeper by Agnes Gomillion

After World War III, Earth is in ruins, and the final armies have come to a reluctant truce. Everyone must obey the law—in every way—or risk shattering the fragile peace and endangering the entire human race. Although Arika Cobane is a member of the race whose backbreaking labour provides food for the remnants of humanity, she is destined to become a member of the Kongo elite. After ten gruelling years of training, she is on the threshold of taking her place of privilege far from the fields. But everything changes when a new student arrives. Hosea Khan spews dangerous… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Torture

Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

After embarking on a journey to bring her papa home from war, Anya discovers a powerful forest creature who attacks travelers with weaponized sound. But she soon learns that he’s not the monster the kingdom should fear. There’s an even greater evil that lurks under Kiev. Can Anya stop the monster, save her papa, and find her way home? Or will the secrets of Kiev leave Anya and her friends trapped beneath the city forever? In Kiev, Anya and her friends find themselves involved with an aggressive elf, an earnest archer, and a bellicose princess. But who is the real monster?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Antisemitism
Sexism
Torture
Animal cruelty

The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel

The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel

After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventually banded together, but only after more conflict over which family would govern the new nation. The Westfalls lost. Fifty years later, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing side to the sons of the winning group in a yearly ritual. This year, it is my turn. My name is Ivy Westfall, and my mission is simple: to kill the president’s son—my soon-to-be husband—and restore the Westfall family to power… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Paedophilia & child sexual assault
Rape
Domestic abuse
Suicide
Murder
Torture

The Company of Fiends by Kathryn Moon

The Company of Fiends by Kathryn Moon

After eight years on the stage with The Company of Fiends, the glow of the spotlight is starting to wear thin for Hazel Nix. The theatre is perfect for a girl like her—one with a secret she keeps even from her more monstrous peers—but playing pretend is only exciting for so long. After so many lovers, on stage and otherwise, Hazel has yet to make a lasting connection with anyone and considers taking her last bow at the company. Just as Hazel encounters a new and intriguing patron, disaster strikes the theatre. Girls are going missing… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Human trafficking mentioned
Parental abandonment recounted
Child abuse recounted
Attempted sexual assault
Involuntary body modifications recounted
Cannibalism mentioned
Death of a father recounted
Murder
Torture, off-page
Strangulation
Home invasion
Physical assault (mugging)

The Marked Prince by MA Grant

The Marked Prince by M.A. Grant

The Summer Court is nothing like Sebastian remembers. The oppressed lower classes are drained of their magick, and around every corner political intrigues threaten an already unstable regime. Sebastian’s only hope of surviving the Court and bringing home Prince Lyne’s traitorous brother lies with Duine, a magickless Unseelie servant desperate to win his freedom. A servant for whom Sebastian, an estranged Seelie royal himself, is developing a dangerous and deepening affection… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injury
Dead bodies
Death of a mother from suicide by drowning recounted
Murder
Torture recounted
Kidnapping & captivity
War themes

Prince of Air and Darkness by MA Grant

Prince of Air and Darkness by M.A. Grant

The only human student at Mather’s School of Magick, Phineas Smith has a target on his back. Born with the rare ability to tap into unlimited magick, he finds both Faerie Courts want his allegiance—and will do anything to get it. They don’t realize he can’t levitate a feather, much less defend the Faerie Realm as it slips into civil war. Unseelie Prince Roark Lyne, Phineas’s roommate—and self-proclaimed arch nemesis—is beautiful and brave and a pain in the ass. Phineas can’t begin to sort through their six years of… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Nightmares
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Murder
Torture
Suffocation
Kidnapping
Fire
Animal dead bodies

Rage by Cora Carmack

Rage by Cora Carmack

Princess or adventurer. Duty or freedom. Her Kingdom or the Stormhunter she loves. If Aurora knows anything, it’s that choices have consequences. To set things right, she joins a growing revolution on the streets of Pavan. In disguise as the rebel Roar, she puts her knowledge of the palace to use to aid the rebellion. But the Rage season is at its peak and not a day passes without the skies raining down destruction. Yet these storms are different—they churn with darkness, and attack with a will that’s desperate and violent. This feels like more than rage. It feels like war.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder
Torture
Sword violence
Kidnapping & captivity
War themes

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man—a fellow slave—seeks to gain favor by preaching the master’s gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel’s love, which was once… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Human trafficking
Rape
Death of an infant
Murder
Torture
Lynching