Torture

9 books tagged with this warning.

1984

by George Orwell · 1949 · Dystopia / Classic

BETortureAuthoritarian control

Winston tries to resist the Party in a totalitarian state.

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Mo Dao Zu Shi)

by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu · 2015 · Danmei / Xianxia / LGBTQ+

HEViolenceTorture

Wei Wuxian is reborn 13 years after being driven to his death.

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (2ha)

by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou · 2017 · Danmei / Xianxia / LGBTQ+

HESexual violenceTorture

Mo Ran is reborn into his youth — back when his master was still alive.

An Ember in the Ashes

by Sabaa Tahir · 2015 · YA / Fantasy / Dystopia

OEGraphic violenceThreat of SA

Enslaved Laia infiltrates the Empire's brutal military academy to save her brother; cadet Elias plots to escape it.

The Poppy War

by R. F. Kuang · 2018 · Fantasy / Military / China-inspired

BESexual violenceWar

Orphan Rin enters a military academy, discovers shaman-fire powers, and is consumed by total war.

The Lies of Locke Lamora

by Scott Lynch · 2006 · Fantasy / Heist

BittersweetTortureGore

Camorr's smartest grifter Locke pulls a con, only to crash into a far bigger conspiracy.

Qiang Jin Jiu

by Tang Jiuqing · 2019 · Danmei / Historical Politics / LGBTQ+

HEWarTorture

A frontier general and a fallen noble use — and shelter — each other through court intrigue.

Overlord

by Kugane Maruyama · 2012 · Light Novel / Isekai

UnknownMassacreTorture

When the game shuts down, a guild master is transported to another world with his NPCs — and becomes its true overlord.

Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World

by Tappei Nagatsuki · 2014 · Light Novel / Isekai / Time Loop

UnknownRepeated deathSelf-killing to reset

Subaru has 'Return by Death' — every death rewinds him to a checkpoint to try again to save those around him.