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Traumatizing Books
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Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.94 — 877,900 ratings — published 2021
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.28 — 923,846 ratings — published 2015
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,785,039 ratings — published 2018
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.16 — 478,641 ratings — published 2018
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.07 — 594,949 ratings — published 2022
As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.19 — 566,024 ratings — published 2021
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.77 — 394,733 ratings — published 2017
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,238,300 ratings — published 2019
Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.26 — 775,855 ratings — published 2020
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.65 — 378,587 ratings — published 2007
Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.01 — 705,852 ratings — published 2015
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.57 — 767,691 ratings — published 2016
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,602,359 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,977,877 ratings — published 2011
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,196,075 ratings — published 1954
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,395,432 ratings — published 2014
Push (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.88 — 59,061 ratings — published 1996
Where the Red Fern Grows (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.13 — 440,320 ratings — published 1961
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,220,613 ratings — published 2006
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,031,859 ratings — published 2025
Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,888 ratings — published 2009
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,217,739 ratings — published 1963
Killer Instinct (The Naturals, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.26 — 220,869 ratings — published 2014
Manacled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.62 — 157,095 ratings — published 2019
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.07 — 357,462 ratings — published 1892
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.78 — 425,433 ratings — published 2015
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.54 — 99,241 ratings — published 2022
Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.14 — 415,289 ratings — published 2018
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.45 — 670,938 ratings — published 2014
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.10 — 758,592 ratings — published 2013
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,220,072 ratings — published 2011
Borrasca (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,074 ratings — published 2018
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.94 — 251,967 ratings — published 1948
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,540,943 ratings — published 1945
The Push (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.04 — 435,097 ratings — published 2021
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.87 — 944,321 ratings — published 1955
The Slob (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.33 — 12,160 ratings — published 2019
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.94 — 837,836 ratings — published 2009
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,396,581 ratings — published 1942
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,267,105 ratings — published 1986
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,457,198 ratings — published 2022
Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.34 — 176,389 ratings — published 2021
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.28 — 167,686 ratings — published 2020
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,300,905 ratings — published 2014
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.06 — 589,719 ratings — published 1977
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.22 — 10,339 ratings — published 2005
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,998,201 ratings — published 1999
The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.16 — 172,719 ratings — published 1995
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,362,301 ratings — published 1956
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.14 — 460,426 ratings — published 1995
“He was the monster that no one thought to look for in the light of day. It was a common mistake. People often believed they were safer in the light, thinking monsters only came out at night. But safety - like light - is a facade. Underneath, the whole world is drenched in darkness.”
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“Traumatic is whatever action, event, or circumstance has the potential to jeopardize one's life or physical/mental/social unity. An appraisal that depends on the subjectivity of each one of us.”
― Traumatization and Its Aftermath
― Traumatization and Its Aftermath
