Traumatizing Books
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Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.94 — 923,094 ratings — published 2021
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.27 — 963,828 ratings — published 2015
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.07 — 626,518 ratings — published 2022
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,954,123 ratings — published 2018
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.16 — 513,602 ratings — published 2018
As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.19 — 590,849 ratings — published 2021
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.77 — 431,179 ratings — published 2017
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,416,774 ratings — published 2019
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,248,630 ratings — published 1954
Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.13 — 434,303 ratings — published 2018
Borrasca (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,451 ratings — published 2018
Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.25 — 806,543 ratings — published 2020
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.65 — 415,076 ratings — published 2007
Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.00 — 751,654 ratings — published 2015
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.56 — 786,160 ratings — published 2016
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,715,663 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,070,910 ratings — published 2011
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,435,493 ratings — published 2014
Push (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.88 — 59,795 ratings — published 1996
Where the Red Fern Grows (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.13 — 445,381 ratings — published 1961
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,249,207 ratings — published 2006
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,770,470 ratings — published 2007
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,172,826 ratings — published 2025
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.78 — 607,720 ratings — published 2013
Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.96 — 126,784 ratings — published 2009
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,261,692 ratings — published 1963
Killer Instinct (The Naturals, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.26 — 244,547 ratings — published 2014
Manacled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.62 — 164,782 ratings — published 2019
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.07 — 371,809 ratings — published 1892
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.78 — 440,197 ratings — published 2015
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.54 — 105,019 ratings — published 2022
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.44 — 695,670 ratings — published 2014
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.10 — 785,508 ratings — published 2013
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,262,871 ratings — published 2011
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,663,082 ratings — published 1945
The Push (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.03 — 452,364 ratings — published 2021
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.87 — 960,834 ratings — published 1955
The Slob (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.32 — 12,827 ratings — published 2019
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.16 — 693,909 ratings — published 2014
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.94 — 852,167 ratings — published 2009
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,452,972 ratings — published 1942
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,292,021 ratings — published 1986
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,542,620 ratings — published 2022
Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.34 — 179,770 ratings — published 2021
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.27 — 181,159 ratings — published 2020
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,354,660 ratings — published 2014
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.06 — 596,320 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 — 10,418 ratings — published 2005
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,030,925 ratings — published 1999
The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.16 — 177,634 ratings — published 1995
“It's the person's subjective perception of danger that determines whether an incident is traumatizing or not.”
― Traumatization and Its Aftermath
― Traumatization and Its Aftermath
“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
