A Novel Curiosity | I’M BACK!! + my favourite books from the last year @anovelcuriosity | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 13 minutes ago.
I hope you enjoy!
C O N T E N T W A R N I N G S (*may contain spoilers*)
Les Misérables, Victor Hugo: death, death of a loved one, poverty, imprisonment, abandonment, child abuse and neglect, use of g**sy slur, illness, tooth extraction, forced prostitution due to poverty, war, misogyny, religion (including criticism of Catholicism), being buried alive, racism, self-harm, murder, gun violence, massacre, suicide
Frostheart series, Jamie Littler: missing parents, threat, animal death, bullying (challenged), birds, brief depiction of injury, death, persecution of a group of people (challenged), skeletons, mind control, explosions, war
The Stone Sky, N. K. Jemisin: death of a loved one, discrimination, murder, mass death, loss of a limb, environmental disaster, violence, blood and gore, mind control, swearing, slavery, genocide, cannibalism, disassociation, headaches Heartstopper, Volume 4, Alice Oseman: poor mental health, anorexia, self-harm
This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone: blood and gore, war, murder, apocalypse, desecration of a corpse, massacre, hunting, vomiting, bombing, suicide, rats, spiders, imprisonment, torture
Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay: sexism, racism, bullying, poverty, unhealthy eating and eating disorders, smoking, fat shaming (used to critique), discussion of sexual assault including gang rape of a child, toxic relationships, PTSD, trauma, hate crimes, outing of gay people, slurs (including ‘n’ word and ‘f’ word), domestic abuse, slavery, discussion about access to abortion and birth control
Hunger, Roxane Gay: in-depth discussion of unhealthy eating habits and weight loss and gain, medical procedures, fat shaming/fatphobia, rape, gang rape of a child, trauma, PTSD, self-hatred, poor mental health, bullying, medical gaslighting, smoking, racism, disordered eating, bulimia, toxic relationships, cheating, intimate partner abuse (emotional), online bullying, broken bones, hospitals
She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan: misogyny, drought and starvation, death of loved ones, violence, war, mention of castration, burning, execution (mentioned but not shown in detail), plague, vomiting, explosion, detailed description of injury, consensual sex, mutilation, animal death, poisoning, betrayal Sorrowland, Rivers Solomon: death (inclu: animal death, death of a loved one, death of a child, drowning, burning, hanging, gun violence, massacre, dead bodies), self-harm and suicide, religious cult, discrimination (racism, fatphobia, ableism, homophobia and reclaimed use of the ‘d’ word, transphobia - all challenged), torture, blood and gore, child abuse, alcoholic parent, rape of a child, drugging and medical experimentation, chronic pain, hallucinations, childbirth, consensual sexual content, suicide, mention of intimate partner abuse
In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado: intimate partner abuse (emotional, psychological, physical), gaslighting, consensual sexual content, sexual assault, homophobia and use of ‘d’ slur, religion, gore, spiders and bugs, murder, drug use, animal death, fatphobia, mental health (trauma, anxiety, suicidal ideation), legal injustice, racism, infidelity, forest fires
Amari and the Night Brothers, B. B. Alston: bullying, missing sibling, absent parent, racism, snakes, zombies, threat, blood drinking, discrimination
Robin Hobb (I'm happy to provide a full list for specific books if needed): earthquake, being trapped underground, war, murder, dead bodies, mention of hanging, slavery, acid and poisoning, rape and sexual assault, hunting and fishing, burning, betrayal, poor mental health, ableism, drug use, drugging, suicidal ideation and suicide, vomiting, gaslighting, stabbing, infidelity, stoning, torture and capital punishment, epidemic, death of a loved one, chronic pain, animal death, massacre, body horror, discrimination, homophobia, violence, blood and gore, depression, forced marriage, cannibalism, explosions, PTSD, bullying, intimate partner abuse (emotional, physical, sexual), parasites, injury (including that of animals), consensual sexual content, drowning, flood, miscarriage, death of a child, filicide, terminal illness, imprisonment, mutilation, pregnancy, childbirth, blood drinking
I hope you enjoy!
C O N T E N T W A R N I N G S (*may contain spoilers*)
Les Misérables, Victor Hugo: death, death of a loved one, poverty, imprisonment, abandonment, child abuse and neglect, use of g**sy slur, illness, tooth extraction, forced prostitution due to poverty, war, misogyny, religion (including criticism of Catholicism), being buried alive, racism, self-harm, murder, gun violence, massacre, suicide
Frostheart series, Jamie Littler: missing parents, threat, animal death, bullying (challenged), birds, brief depiction of injury, death, persecution of a group of people (challenged), skeletons, mind control, explosions, war
The Stone Sky, N. K. Jemisin: death of a loved one, discrimination, murder, mass death, loss of a limb, environmental disaster, violence, blood and gore, mind control, swearing, slavery, genocide, cannibalism, disassociation, headaches Heartstopper, Volume 4, Alice Oseman: poor mental health, anorexia, self-harm
This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone: blood and gore, war, murder, apocalypse, desecration of a corpse, massacre, hunting, vomiting, bombing, suicide, rats, spiders, imprisonment, torture
Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay: sexism, racism, bullying, poverty, unhealthy eating and eating disorders, smoking, fat shaming (used to critique), discussion of sexual assault including gang rape of a child, toxic relationships, PTSD, trauma, hate crimes, outing of gay people, slurs (including ‘n’ word and ‘f’ word), domestic abuse, slavery, discussion about access to abortion and birth control
Hunger, Roxane Gay: in-depth discussion of unhealthy eating habits and weight loss and gain, medical procedures, fat shaming/fatphobia, rape, gang rape of a child, trauma, PTSD, self-hatred, poor mental health, bullying, medical gaslighting, smoking, racism, disordered eating, bulimia, toxic relationships, cheating, intimate partner abuse (emotional), online bullying, broken bones, hospitals
She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan: misogyny, drought and starvation, death of loved ones, violence, war, mention of castration, burning, execution (mentioned but not shown in detail), plague, vomiting, explosion, detailed description of injury, consensual sex, mutilation, animal death, poisoning, betrayal Sorrowland, Rivers Solomon: death (inclu: animal death, death of a loved one, death of a child, drowning, burning, hanging, gun violence, massacre, dead bodies), self-harm and suicide, religious cult, discrimination (racism, fatphobia, ableism, homophobia and reclaimed use of the ‘d’ word, transphobia - all challenged), torture, blood and gore, child abuse, alcoholic parent, rape of a child, drugging and medical experimentation, chronic pain, hallucinations, childbirth, consensual sexual content, suicide, mention of intimate partner abuse
In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado: intimate partner abuse (emotional, psychological, physical), gaslighting, consensual sexual content, sexual assault, homophobia and use of ‘d’ slur, religion, gore, spiders and bugs, murder, drug use, animal death, fatphobia, mental health (trauma, anxiety, suicidal ideation), legal injustice, racism, infidelity, forest fires
Amari and the Night Brothers, B. B. Alston: bullying, missing sibling, absent parent, racism, snakes, zombies, threat, blood drinking, discrimination
Robin Hobb (I'm happy to provide a full list for specific books if needed): earthquake, being trapped underground, war, murder, dead bodies, mention of hanging, slavery, acid and poisoning, rape and sexual assault, hunting and fishing, burning, betrayal, poor mental health, ableism, drug use, drugging, suicidal ideation and suicide, vomiting, gaslighting, stabbing, infidelity, stoning, torture and capital punishment, epidemic, death of a loved one, chronic pain, animal death, massacre, body horror, discrimination, homophobia, violence, blood and gore, depression, forced marriage, cannibalism, explosions, PTSD, bullying, intimate partner abuse (emotional, physical, sexual), parasites, injury (including that of animals), consensual sexual content, drowning, flood, miscarriage, death of a child, filicide, terminal illness, imprisonment, mutilation, pregnancy, childbirth, blood drinking
