Books

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Genre(s): Coming-of-age, contemporary, romance, YA

Content warning(s): Alcohol addiction, bullying, death (car accident), divorce, drug addiction, homophobia, overdose, statutory sexual assault/rape, suicidal ideation (implied)

The Montague Siblings Series by Mackenzi Lee

Genre(s): Historical fiction, YA, romance

Content warning(s): Alcoholism, physical and emotional abuse, abusive father, suicidal character, racism, sexism

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Genre(s): YA, romance

Content warning(s): acephobia, discussions of sex, references to emotionally abusive relationships

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Genre(s): YA, romance, coming-of-age

Content warning(s): Alcohol, animal death, broken bones, car accident, death (off-page), depression, drug use, gay bashing, homophobia, hospitalization, PTSD, transphobic hate crime (past, mentioned), violence

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Genre(s): romance, YA

Content warning(s): gaslighting

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

Genre(s): YA, feminism, contemporary fiction

Content warning(s): homophobia, racism, fatshaming, sexual harassment, smoking (weed), use of d-slur (in a reclaiming nature)

Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Genre(s): romance

Content warning(s): sexual content, forced outing, sexual assault (discussed), parent death, racism, homophobia

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Genre(s): romance, coming-of-age

Content warning(s): discussion and depictions of mental illness, self-harm, discussion of suicide, depictions of anti-Blackness, discussions of racism, past limb amputation, past parent death

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

Genre(s): YA, bildungsroman (formative/spiritual education)

Content warning(s): conversion therapy, sexual content, drug use, hate speech

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

Genre(s): YA, contemporary, romance

Content warning(s): parental abuse, misgendering, transphobia, homophobia, detailed anxiety and panic attacks, depression, suicidal ideation, alcohol use

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Genre(s): fantasy

Content warning(s): alcohol use, blood, cheating, dead bodies, death, depression, miscarriage, murder, plague, suicide, suicidal ideation, torture, violence, war

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden

Genre(s): graphic novel, magical realism

Content warning(s): past sexual assault, panic attacks, past death of a parent

Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

Genre(s): sci-fi, fantasy

Content warning(s): colonization, death, genocide, kidnapping, medical procedures, suicide (mentioned), torture, violence

The Lost Coast by A.R. Capetta

Genre(s): fantasy, YA, paranormal

Content warning(s): attempted murder, blood, death, eating disorder (not depicted), fatphobia, kidnapping, murder, occult

Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake

Genre(s): YA, contemporary

Content warning(s): biphobia, child abuse, sexual assault, panic attacks, pedophilia, PTSD, slut shaming, victim shaming

Music From Another World by Robin Talley

Genre(s): YA, historical fiction, romance

Content warning(s): homophobia, transphobia, forced outing, smoking, alcohol use, gaslighting, running away from home

Pulp by Robin Talley

Genre(s): YA, historical fiction

Content warning(s): car accident (mentioned), internalized homophobia, outing, murder (mentioned), racism, suicide (mentioned), transphobia

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

Genre(s): YA, sci-fi, romance

Content warning(s): N/A

The Brilliant Death by A. R. Capetta

Genre(s): YA, fantasy, romance

Content warning(s): child abandonment, death, sexism, skinning of a human

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Genre(s): YA, contemporary, poetry

Content warning(s): assault, attempted sexual assault, cheating, death, grief, plane crash, labor, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sex trafficking

Echo After Echo by A. R. Capetta

Genre(s): YA, mystery, romance

Content warning(s): sexual harassment, attempted murder

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

Genre(s): YA, contemporary

Content warning(s): anxiety, animal death, emotionally abusive parent, death threats, harassment, mental illness, alcohol use

We Awaken by Calista Lynne

Genre(s): YA, fantasy, romance

Content warning(s): acephobia, death, car accident, suicidal ideation, mental illness

Outlawed by Anna North

Genre(s): historical fiction, western

Content warning(s): homophobia, racism, death, violence, starvation, genital mutilation, bombing, prison, mental illness, disowning, eugenics, hate crimes, gun violence

The Wicked and the Divine by Kieron Gillen

Genre(s): dark fantasy, contemporary

Content warning(s): domestic abuse, gore, nudity, sexually explicit, suicide, transphobia, violence

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Genre(s): romance, historical fiction

Content warning(s): murder, death, slavery, abduction, abandonment, torture, mention of rape, blood depictions, human sacrificing, physical violence, human trafficking, plague, self-harm, child abuse, war

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Genre(s): action-adventure, science-fantasy, thriller

Content warning(s): child abuse, death, murder, imprisonment, torture

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Genre(s): fantasy, contemporary, supernatural

Content warning(s): abuse (mentioned), anxiety (trauma-related), bigotry, body shaming, bullying, child abuse (backstory), fatphobia (internalized), microaggressions, violence (against children)

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Genre(s): YA, horror, historical fiction

Content Warning(s): death, gore, racism, slavery, violence

The Witch King by H. E. Edgmon

Genre(s): YA, fantasy

Content Warning(s): violence, gore, murder, misgendering, abusive parents, childhood sexual harassment and assault, grooming between an adult and teenager, infertility, miscarriage, on-page panic attack, suicidal ideation, mention of suicide, drug use, racism, blood

The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin

Genre(s): science fantasy

Content Warning(s): child death, explicit sex, racism, sexual abuse/assault, physical and emotional abuse, cannibalism (mentioned)

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Genre(s): graphic novel, romance, YA fiction

Content Warning(s): emotionally abusive relationship, non-consensual kiss, references to past homophobia, reference to past bullying

The Deep and Dark Blue by Niki Smith

Genre(s): graphic novel, YA, fiction, fantasy

Content Warning(s): transphobia, deadnaming, gender dysphoria, violence, death of a loved one

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Genre(s): romance, fantasy comedy, contemporary

Content Warning(s): animal death, anxiety, cancer (terminal), child death, death of parent (past, mentioned), depression, heart attack, murder, outing (mentioned), self-harm

American Hippo by Sarah Gailey

Genre(s): alternate history, adventure, Western fiction

Content Warning(s): death (off-page), guns

Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan

Genre(s): sci-fi, coming-of-age, graphic novel

Content Warning(s): homophobia, death, alcoholism, attempted suicide, blood depiction, kidnapping mentioned