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An intentionally inclusive bookstore based in Staunton, VA

Content Warnings

6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

Death of parent, child abuse, suicidality, cancer

100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

Drug use, alcoholism, homophobia, infidelity, racism, suicidality, sexual assault, death of parent

A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari

Death, kidnapping, drug use, war, murder, alcoholism, classism, sexism

A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari

Sexual assault, sexism, violence, murder, war, death of parent, infidelity, alcoholism

A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke

Drug use, alcoholism, infidelity, suicidality

Ace of Spades by Faridah Akide-Iyimide

Racism, homophobia, alcoholism, child abuse, hate crime, suicidality, murder, classism

Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt

Abandonment, alcoholism, infidelity, suicidality

Acting the Part by Z. R. Ellor

Racism, homophobia, transphobia

A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson

Domestic violence, murder, violence, self harm, war, sexism

Afterglow by Phil Stamper

Homophobia, alcoholism, child abuse, infidelity

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Murder, drug use, animal cruelty, sexual assault, suicide, pedophilia, kidnapping, racism

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

Murder, animal cruelty, violence, alcoholism, child abuse, suicidality, drug use

A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy

Homophobia, racism, alcoholism, infidelity, classism

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Child abuse, self harm, suicide, sexual abuse, drug use, death of child, death, sexual assault

A Little Life by Koen Tachelet, Ivo van Hove, & Hanya Yanagihara

Child abuse, self harm, suicide, sexual abuse, drug use, death of child, death, sexual assault

All Down Darkness Wide by Sean Hewitt

Suicidality, homophobia, death, death of parent, alcoholism, pedophilia

All’s Well by Mona Awad

Drug use, ableism, medical abuse, suicidality, alcoholism

All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

Death, violence, death of parent, homophobia, hate crime, racism

Always the Almost by Edward Underhill

Transphobia, homophobia, infidelity, racism

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Violence, murder, domestic violence, homophobia, sexism, death of parent, classism, racism

A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow

Transphobia, homophobia, sexual assault, war, pedophilia

A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Colonization, racism, homophobia, police brutality, alcoholism, domestic violence, drug use, death

A Month and a Day by Ken Saro-Wiwa

Police brutality, colonization, violence

A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr

War, homophobia, classism, death of child

Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

Xenophobia, racism, deportation, transphobia

Andorra by Peter Cameron

Homophobia, murder, abandonment, alcoholism, infidelity

Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki

Homophobia, racism, hate crime, sexism

Antique Roman by Syd Neben

Murder, death of parent, alcoholism, abandonment

Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden

Homophobia, Islamophobia, racism, death of parent, hate crime

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

Infidelity, pedophilia, sexism, death of child

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske 

Murder, violence, sexism, classism, alcoholism, police brutality, racism, death of parent

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

Homophobia, racism, hate crime, transphobia

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Homophobia, racism, death of parent, hate crime

As Far as You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper

Homophobia, hate crime, ableism, child abuse

As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson

Murder, kidnapping, drug use, violence, sexual assault, animal cruelty

As I Descended by Robin Talley

Homophobia, murder, self harm, suicide, drug use, racism, ableism, slavery

A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland

Animal cruelty, kidnapping, homophobia, pregnancy, domestic violence, death of parent, sexual assault, suicide

Babel by R. F. Kuang

Racism, colonization, xenophobia, child abuse

Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu

Sexual assault, death, alcoholism, sexism, pregnancy, racism, police brutality, classism

Bath Haus by P. J. Vernon

Sexual assault, drug use, murder, suicidality

Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min

Transphobia, homophobia, child abuse

Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey

Child abuse, homophobia, hate crime, abandonment, suicidality, classism, alcoholism, drug use

Becoming a Visible Man Second Edition by Jamison Green

Transphobia, homophobia

Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala

Child abuse, homophobia

Bellies by Nicola Dinan

Transphobia, death, death of parent, racism, infidelity

Bits & Pieces by Joan Leslie Woodruff

Colonization

Black Superhero by Danny Lee Wynter

Drug use, racism, kink, homophobia, alcoholism, child abuse, sexual assault

 

Body Grammar by Jules Ohman

Death of parent, alcoholism, infidelity, drug use, suicide

Botticelli in the Fire by Jordan Tannahill

Homophobia, hate crime, violence

Boys and Oil by Taylor Brorby

Homophobia, child abuse, suicidality

Breaks, Volume 1 by Malin Ryden & Emma Vieceli

Hate crime, violence, homophobia, child abuse, sexual assault

Breaks, Volume 2 by Malin Ryden & Emma Vieceli

Child abuse, homophobia, violence

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Alcoholism, infidelity, classism, racism, death, homophobia, war, colonization

Camp So-and-So by Mary McCoy

Abandonment, kidnapping

Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

Death of grandparent, transphobia, homophobia, racism

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Transphobia, murder, death of parent, homophobia, death of child, child abuse, animal cruelty

Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer

Homophobia, child abuse, classism, hate crime

Daddy by Jeremy O. Harris

Racism, alcoholism. drug use, colonization, kink

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

Homophobia, racism, death, Islamophobia, xenophobia, death of parent

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Racism, suicidality, death of parent, Islamophobia, xenophobia, self harm

Darkhearts by James L. Sutter

Abandonment, alcoholism, death of child, homophobia

Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg

HIV/AIDS, homophobia, death, pedophilia

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Transphobia, miscarriage, homophobia, infidelity, hate crime, abortion, domestic violence, suicidality

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

War, death of parent, violence, alcoholism, medical abuse

Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley

Grooming, racism, sexual abuse

Either/Or by Elif Batuman

Sexual assault, suicidality, sexism, alcoholism

Epically Earnest by Molly Horan

Abandonment

Evelyn in Purgatory by Topher Payne

Homophobia, pedophilia, violence

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

Suicidality, death, animal cruelty, homophobia, alcoholism, self harm

Exciting Times by Naiose Dolan

Infidelity, sexism, drug use, colonization, alcoholism, domestic violence, sexual assault, homophobia

Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston

Sexual assault, abortion, pregnancy

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston

Racism, xenophobia, alcoholism, domestic violence, hate crime, war

Fat Ham by James Ijames

Homophobia, suicidality

Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo

Animal cruelty, medical abuse, violence, infidelity, racism

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Transphobia, hate crime, drug use, child abuse

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

Transphobia, homophobia, suicidality, racism, ableism, classism, self harm, drug use

Fire from the Sky by Moa Backe Astot

Homophobia, racism, genocide, colonization, suicidality, alcoholism

Firekeeper’s Daughter

Drug use, murder, sexual assault, racism, violence, suicide, kidnapping

Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins

Drug use, suicide, sexual assault

Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin

Murder, sexual assault, violence, self harm, suicide, alcoholism, drug use

Fresh by Margot Wood

Sexual assault, alcoholism, infidelity, drug use

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Medical abuse, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, alcoholism

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

Sexual assault, death, incest, infidelity, suicidality, alcoholism

Golden Boys by Phil Stamper

Homophobia, alcoholism, infidelity

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

Murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, death of child, drug use, child abuse

Grave Expectations by Alice Bell

Death of grandparent, alcoholism, drug use, murder

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

Violence, death of parent, war, homophobia, alcoholism, child abuse, suicidality, sexism

Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

Domestic violence, homophobia

Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

Homophobia

Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

Self harm, homophobia

Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

Self harm, suicidality, homophobia

Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

Homophobia, suicidality

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Transphobia, violence, hate crime, death of parent, death of child, genocide, child abuse

Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde

Alcoholism, child abuse, death of parent, homophobia

How I Learned to Hate in Ohio by David Stuart MacLean

Islamophobia, infidelity, death, hate crime, racism, xenophobia, alcoholism

How to Bite Your Neighbor & Win a Wager by D. N. Bryn

Murder, death of parent, kidnapping, self harm, suicidality, homophobia, alcoholism

How to Sell Your Blood & Fall in Love by D. N. Bryn

Violence, drug use, death, medical abuse, ableism, transphobia, racism, homophobia

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Sexual assault, child abuse, racism, medical abuse, ableism, self harm, suicidality

I Am Inuit by Brian Adams

Colonization, violence

Icebreaker by A. L. Graziadei

Alcoholism, abandonment, suicidality, homophobia, drug use, sexism, self harm

Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

Racism, homophobia, suicidality, 9/11, pedophilia, mass shooting

If I Can Give You That by Michael Gray Bulla

Suicidality, transphobia, abandonment, homophobia

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

Transphobia, suicide, homophobia, hate crime, sexual assault, drug use, alcoholism

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich

Child abuse, drug use, self harm, alcoholism, homophobia

If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

Drug use, murder, domestic violence, alcoholism, self harm

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Homophobia, transphobia, sexism, classism, child abuse, alcoholism

I’ll Take Everything You Have by James Klise

Homophobia, classism, death, violence, alcoholism, death of parent

Indecent by Paula Vogel

Homophobia, hate crime, antisemitism, violence, police brutality

Indestructible Object by Mary McCoy

Infidelity

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

War, suicidality, alcoholism, antisemitism, violence, police brutality

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Domestic violence, homophobia, sexual assault, suicidality, alcoholism, drug use, pedophilia, infidelity

Inverse Cowgirl by Alicia Roth Weigel

Transphobia, medical abuse, sexual assault, alcoholism, drug use

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

Child abuse, transphobia, homophobia, suicidality, alcoholism

Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary

Child abuse, alcoholism, sexual assault, homophobia, death of parent, violence, drug use, pedophilia

Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram

Homophobia, racism, alcoholism, sexual assault, xenophobia, death of parent

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Ableism, transphobia, racism, violence, sexism, homophobia

Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

Drug use, racism, suicidality, transphobia, ableism, police brutality

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

Homophobia, police brutality, hate crime, murder, suicidality, death of parent, alcoholism, animal cruelty

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Infidelity, alcoholism, death of parent, drug use, homophobia, xenophobia, racism

Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer

Death, death of parent, abandonment, drug use

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

HIV/AIDS, homophobia, death, racism, police brutality

Lion’s Legacy by L. C. Rosen

Homophobia, abandonment, violence, infidelity

Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown

Death of parent, homophobia, infidelity, alcoholism, child abuse, abortion, racism

Lost Birds by Anne Hilleman

Violence, animal cruelty, colonization, racism

Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban

Murder, alcoholism, drug use, suicide, infidelity

Markings on Earth by Karenne Wood

Colonization, sexual abuse, alcoholism

“Master Harold”… and the Boys by Athol Fugard

Racism, colonization, hate crime, violence, alcoholism

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

Death, murder, abandonment

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Sexual assault, murder, war, colonization, genocide, Islamophobia, kidnapping, police brutality

Monacan Millenium by Jeffrey L Hantman

Colonization

Monacans and Miners by Samuel R. Cook

Colonization, racism

Moon Water by Pam Webber

Sexual assault, racism, death

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

Transphobia, sexism, homophobia, hate crime, classism, suicidality, child abuse

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

Murder, suicide, sexual assault, death of parent, transphobia, homophobia, alcoholism, pregnancy

My Contrary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, & Jodi Meadows

Kidnapping, sexism, death of parent, animal cruelty

My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

Homophobia, racism, death, police brutality, drug use, sexual assault

My Imaginary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, & Jodi Meadows

Sexism, violence, kidnapping, abandonment, death, alcoholism

Native America, Discovered & Conquered by Robert J. Miller

Colonization, racism

Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

Homophobia, sexism, alcoholism, death, classism

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

Infidelity, sexism, alcoholism. domestic violence, homophobia

New Adult by Timothy Janovsky

Abandonment, death of parent, alcoholism, drug use, pregnancy

New Animal by Ella Baxter

Death of parent, kink, suicide, sexual assault

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Sexual assault, police brutality, pedophilia, death of child, self harm, child abuse, drug use, death of parent

Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

Murder, alcoholism, drug use, infidelity, suicide

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Domestic violence, suicidality, sexual assault, child abuse, alcoholism, death, sexism, death of parent

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Suicide, death, self harm, sexual assault, pedophilia, sexism, alcoholism, infidelity

Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

Drug use, alcoholism, racism, homophobia

Old Enough by Haley Jakobson

Sexual assault, alcoholism, transphobia, homophobia, pedophilia

Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

Homophobia, police brutality, racism, hate crime, xenophobia, deportation, drug use, suicide

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Racism, police brutality, death, hate crime, murder, drug use, alcoholism

Original Sins by Matt Rowland Hill

Drug use, suicidality, alcoholism, self harm

Pagans in the Promised Land by Steven T. Newcomb

Colonization

Pageboy by Elliot Page

Homophobia, transphobia, sexual assault, self harm, child abuse, suicidality, alcoholism, drug use

Paper Planes by Jennie Wood

Homophobia, transphobia, alcoholism, classism, racism

Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino

Death, transphobia, mass shooting

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

Alcoholism, drug use, homophobia, transphobia, death

Penance by Eliza Clark

Murder, mass shooting, sexual assault, child abuse, suicidality, self harm, alcoholism, drug use

Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne

Homophobia, sexism, alcoholism

Phantom Heart by Kelly Creagh

Kidnapping, death of parent

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

Alcoholism, pregnancy, death of parent, suicidality, violence

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Violence, colonization, racism, death of a parent, xenophobia

Present Laughter by Noel Coward

Infidelity, alcoholism, colonization

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

Child abuse, sexism, classism, death of parent, alcoholism, homophobia

Proof by David Auburn

Death of parent, alcoholism

Pure Colour by Sheila Heti

Death of parent, death, incest, suicide, alcoholism

Querelle by Jean Genet

Murder, violence, police brutality

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Sexual assault, racism, homophobia, child abuse, violence, pedophilia, suicidality

Running with Lions by Julian Winters

Homophobia, Islamophobia, racism, alcoholism

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

War, death, kidnapping, medical abuse, genocide

Saint Sebastian’s Abyss by Mark Haber

Death, ableism

Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

Racism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, sexism, alcoholism, infidelity, war

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick

Alcoholism, racism, child abuse, abandonment, xenophobia, drug use

She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard

Murder, kidnapping, child abuse, animal cruelty, suicidality

Shifters by Benedict Lombe

Death of grandparent, alcoholism, sexual assault

Shmutz by Felicia Berliner

Sexual assault, sexism, death, antisemitism, abortion, racism

Sipping Dom Perignon Through a Straw by Eddie Ndopu

Ableism, medical abuse, homophobia, classism, racism

Siren & Muses by Antonia Angress

Sexual assault, drug use, infidelity, alcoholism, classism, suicidality, sexism, domestic violence

Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris

Racism, slavery, colonization, violence, kink

Someday this Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron

Homophobia, sexual assault, pedophilia, racism, 9/11

Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni

Homophobia, racism, hate crime, sexism, genocide, alcoholism, xenophobia, death of parent

Spell Bound by F. T. Lukens

Death of parent, violence, transphobia, police brutality

Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes

Homophobia, hate crime, pedophilia, violence, racism. suicide

Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender

Sexual assault, child abuse, homophobia, suicidality, drug use, alcoholism, pedophilia, racism

Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

Transphobia, hate crime, homophobia, suicidality, child abuse, sexual assault, death

Stop Kiss by Diana Son

Homophobia, hate crime, violence, sexism

Strange Unearthly Things by Kelly Creagh

Death, abandonment

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Suicide, drug use, murder, alcoholism, homophobia, racism, transphobia

Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Transphobia, sexual assault, antisemitism, racism, self harm, homophobia, hate crime, suicide

Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed

Alcoholism, drug use, classism, death, infidelity, sexual assault

The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang by Perhat Tursun

Racism, Islamophobia, police brutality, deportation

The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars

Transphobia, homophobia, abandonment, alcoholism

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

Murder, death of child, drug use, alcoholism

The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

Ableism, infidelity, abandonment

The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian

Homophobia, sexual assault, racism, child abuse, pedophilia, classism

The Charm Offensive by Allison Cochrun

Homophobia, ableism, alcoholism, sexual assault

The Days of Bluegrass Love by Edward van de Vendel

Homophobia

The Dove in the Belly by Jim Grimsley

Homophobia, death of parent, alcoholism

The Enchanted Hacienda by J. C. Cervantes

Death of parent, infidelity

The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt

Classism, abandonment, kidnapping, death of parent, alcoholism

The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

Alcoholism, ableism, infidelity, pregnancy, homophobia

The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver

Transphobia, homophobia, child abuse, alcoholism

The Free People’s Village by Sim Kern

Police brutality, drug use, alcoholism, suicidality, sexual assault, suicide, transphobia, racism

The Future King by Robyn Schneider

Death of parent, violence, pregnancy, alcoholism, homophobia, sexual assault

The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver

Self harm, death of child, suicidality, transphobia, homophobia

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

Murder, sexual assault, death of parent, infidelity, alcoholism, classism

The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson

Death of child, murder, kidnapping, drug use, alcoholism

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Murder, homophobia, transphobia, violence, sexism, sexual assault, death of parent

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle by Neil Blackmore

Homophobia, antisemitism, murder, suicide, child abuse, pedophilia, sexual assault

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

Sexual assault, classism, infidelity, abortion, violence, child abuse

The Long Run by James Acker

Homophobia, alcoholism, child abuse, death of parent

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Genocide, racism, murder, colonization, death of child, kidnapping, sexual assault, racism

The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore

Sexual assault, homophobia, racism, classism, drug use

The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg

Sexual assault, alcoholism, racism, death of parent, suicidality, child abuse

The New Life by Tom Crewe

Homophobia, infidelity, suicidality

The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider

Sexism, violence, alcoholism, death of parent, abandonment, homophobia

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

Violence, murder, pregnancy, alcoholism, classism, domestic violence, sexual assault

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

Self harm, medical abuse, murder, death, suicide, pedophilia, sexual assault

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

Violence, death of child, homophobia, alcoholism, death

The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

Pedophilia, animal cruelty, violence, sexual assault, child abuse, drug use

The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath

Homophobia, suicidality, ableism, alcoholism, death of parent

The Revenant Games by Margie Fuston

Murder, death of parent, abandonment, colonization, war

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

Suicide, animal cruelty, miscarriage, alcoholism

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Murder, alcoholism, suicide, incest, homophobia, drug use, sexual assault

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

Death of child, murder, violence, medical abuse, pedophilia, death of parent, infidelity

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

Murder, homophobia, child abuse, suicide, death of parent, antisemitism

The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window by Lorraine Hansberry

Antisemitism, homophobia, suicide, racism, drug use

The Sins of the Cities of the Plain by Jack Saul

Homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexual assault, infidelity, incest, bestiality

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Violence, sexual assault, transphobia, medical abuse, ableism, child abuse, ableism, child abuse, abortion, miscarriage

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

Violence, classism, death of child, child abuse, death of parent, transphobia

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

Murder, violence, ableism, classism, drug use

The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill

Violence, medical abuse

The Things We Do to Our Friends by Heather Darwent

Murder, violence, sexual assault, child abuse, alcoholism, suicide

The Tragedy of Dane Riley by Kat Spears

Death of parent, suicidality, drug use, alcoholism, child abuse

The Truants by Kate Weinberg

Abortion, drug use, alcoholism, suicide, infidelity, incest, self harm

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

Death, violence, death of parent, pregnancy, animal cruelty, alcoholism, infidelity

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Death of child, murder, kidnapping, alcoholism, drug use

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Racism, hate crime, police brutality, child abuse, death of parent, classism, death of child, animal cruelty

The Wicked Bargain by Gave Cole Novoa

Death of parent, violence, colonization, murder, transphobia, slavery, alcoholism

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

Murder, sexual assault, violence, sexism, domestic violence, suicide, pedophilia, child abuse

This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender

Infidelity, death of parent

This is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves

Suicidality, homophobia, racism, alcoholism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, pedophilia, mass shooting

This Winter by Alice Oseman

Self harm, homophobia, suicidality

Time Out by Sean Hayes, Carlyn Greenwald, & Todd Milliner

Homophobia, hate crime, death of grandparent, violence

Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks

Violence, slavery, classism, racism, murder, alcoholism

Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin

Sexual assault, murder, violence, sexism, homophobia, pedophilia, child abuse

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Murder, kidnapping, death of child, death of parent, alcoholism, drug use

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

Sexual assault, pedophilia, pregnancy, child abuse, alcoholism, drug use

Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston

Death of parent

Vanya by Simon Stephens

Suicide, violence, suicidality, alcoholism, infidelity, ableism

Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

Suicidality, child abuse, self harm, alcoholism, drug use

We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia

Homophobia, hate crime, alcoholism, drug use, sexism

We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra

Homophobia, child abuse, drug use, death of parent, sexual assault, alcoholism

When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

Violence, murder, suicidality, genocide

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Antisemitism, death, xenophobia, violence, death of parent, deportation

Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt

Death of parent, alcoholism

Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Sexual assault, domestic violence, homophobia, suicidality, pedophilia, drug sue, alcoholism, suicide

You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky

Classism, alcoholism, abandonment, drug use, infidelity, homophobia, miscarriage

You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman

Self harm. drug use, alcoholism, homophobia

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Death, infidelity, death of parent, homophobia, alcoholism

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

Sexual assault, homophobia, violence, alcoholism, pedophilia, child abuse, murder, abortion

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson

Murder, violence