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Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThings You Can't Take by Erin LockwoodThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault
214 books — 61 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleBlack Beauty by Anna SewellCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Content Warning—Animal Abuse/Cruelty
209 books — 39 voters

Fear Me, Love Me by Lilith VincentUnholy Vows by Mila KaneBrutal Intentions by Lilith VincentOwned by the Mountain Man by Gemma WeirThe Pucking Wrong Date by C.R. Jane
Birth Control Tampering Trope
42 books — 33 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Content Warning—Suicide
196 books — 28 voters

Hunger for Life by Andy MarrWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Best Little Girl in the World by Steven LevenkronThree Women by Lisa TaddeoI Should Have Worn A Curtain by Samyra Alexander
Content Warning—Eating Disorders
45 books — 24 voters
The Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeAnxiety by Danny WinterWeaving Wyrd by Elle MortI Am Schizophrenic by Kerenza RyanThe Timeline Pervert by Alvin Tung
Dark Poetry
33 books — 11 voters

De Rerum Natura by David HillstromMillionaire Janitor by Lorn BergstresserAdult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. GibsonAtomic Habits by James ClearI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Self-Improvement for Gen Z Women
44 books — 10 voters
The Cruel Prince by Holly BlackFirestarter by Stephen KingShe's Come Undone by Wally LambThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Content Warning—Child Abuse
77 books — 8 voters

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonSkinny Bitch by Rory FreedmanUgly by Margaret McHeyzerDumplin' by Julie Murphy
Books that could be triggering for those with eating disorders
62 books — 7 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona AwadObjects in Mirror by Tudor RobinsSkinny by Donna CoonerMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Eating Disorders in Fiction
20 books — 5 voters

Punk 57 by Penelope DouglasCredence by Penelope DouglasLords of Pain by Angel LawsonCorrupt by Penelope DouglasBirthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
Spicy Teen/college Angst Favorites
20 books — 4 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellThe Collector by John FowlesCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Worst Fictional Creepy Older Men
6 books — 4 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyBlood Sport by Dick Francis
Depression in Fiction (non-YA)
8 books — 4 voters
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyGirl Trouble by Christopher McDougallSo Many Babies by Susan LandersunSweetined by Jodie SweetinCoreyography by Corey Feldman
Books to read after watching Quiet on Set
11 books — 3 voters

Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly MadisonLove, Pamela by Pamela AndersonSo Many Babies by Susan LandersOnly Say Good Things by Crystal HefnerSo Many Babies by Susan Landers
Playboy Memoirs
5 books — 3 voters
Skinny Bitch by Rory FreedmanFrench Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille GuilianoThe Chic Diet by Kit OlsenDeath in Her Hands by Ottessa MoshfeghMilk Fed by Melissa Broder
Fatphobic Books
27 books — 2 voters

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesCaptive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsAfter by Anna ToddTwisted Love by Ana Huang
Worst BDSM Portrayals in Fiction
11 books — 2 voters
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
Self-Conscious Fat Women in Fiction
1 book — 1 voter

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona AwadYou Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
Body Image in Literary Fiction
3 books — 1 voter

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