Violence
30 books tagged with this warning.
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins · 2008 · YA / Dystopia
Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place in the deadly Games.
Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo · 2015 · YA / Fantasy
Six outcasts attempt an impossible heist.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz · 2012 · YA / LGBTQ+ / Coming-of-age
Two Mexican-American teens in the late 80s form a friendship that becomes love.
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss · 2007 · Fantasy
Legendary Kvothe narrates the story of his early life.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas · 2015 · Fantasy / Romance
Feyre kills a wolf and is taken into the faerie realm.
Mistborn: The Final Empire
by Brandon Sanderson · 2006 · Fantasy
Kelsier leads a heist crew to overthrow an immortal tyrant.
The Priory of the Orange Tree
by Samantha Shannon · 2019 · Fantasy / LGBTQ+
Standalone epic with queens, assassins, dragons and an apocalyptic prophecy.
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy · 2006 · Literary / Post-apocalyptic
A father and son walk the wasteland after an extinction event.
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn · 2012 · Thriller / Psychological
On their fifth anniversary, Amy disappears and Nick becomes the prime suspect.
The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides · 2019 · Thriller / Psychological
Painter Alicia goes silent after killing her husband; therapist Theo tries to make her speak.
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu · 2015 · Danmei / Xianxia / LGBTQ+
Wei Wuxian is reborn 13 years after being driven to his death.
Heaven Official's Blessing (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu · 2017 · Danmei / Xianxia / LGBTQ+
Xie Lian, ascended thrice, meets ghost king Hua Cheng — bound across 800 years.
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu · 2014 · Danmei / Transmigration / LGBTQ+
A reader transmigrates into the villain of a stallion novel he hated.
Thousand Autumns (Qian Qiu)
by Meng Xi Shi · 2017 · Danmei / Wuxia / LGBTQ+
A Daoist sect leader and a young demonic-sect heir cross paths in the Northern-Southern dynasties wuxia world.
Re:Zero — Starting Life in Another World
by Tappei Nagatsuki · 2014 · Light Novel / Isekai
Subaru is sent to another world where his death resets time.
An Ember in the Ashes
by Sabaa Tahir · 2015 · YA / Fantasy / Dystopia
Enslaved Laia infiltrates the Empire's brutal military academy to save her brother; cadet Elias plots to escape it.
Shadow and Bone
by Leigh Bardugo · 2012 · YA / Fantasy
Orphan Alina discovers she's a rare Sun Summoner and is pulled into Ravka's factional politics.
Cinder
by Marissa Meyer · 2012 · YA / Sci-fi / Fairy-tale Retelling
In New Beijing, cyborg mechanic Cinder repairs a prince's android and is pulled into a plague and lunar conspiracy.
Scythe
by Neal Shusterman · 2016 · YA / Dystopia
In a post-mortal world, the only sanctioned killers — Scythes — take on two reluctant teen apprentices.
Legend
by Marie Lu · 2011 · YA / Dystopia
In a fractured future America, prodigy June is sent to hunt fugitive Day — and uncovers the regime's lies.
Jade City
by Fonda Lee · 2017 · Fantasy / Urban / Mafia Family
In a city-state where jade grants martial powers, the Kaul family fights a rival clan for control.
The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch · 2006 · Fantasy / Heist
Camorr's smartest grifter Locke pulls a con, only to crash into a far bigger conspiracy.
Uprooted
by Naomi Novik · 2015 · Fantasy / Fairy-tale
Every decade, the village must give a girl to the wizard called the Dragon — this time it's clumsy Agnieszka.
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir · 2019 · Fantasy / Space Gothic / LGBTQ+
Foul-mouthed swordswoman Gideon is forced to escort her detested necromancer to a gothic space trial.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson · 2005 · Thriller / Nordic Noir
A disgraced journalist and a hacker investigate a 40-year-old disappearance and tear open a family's darkness.
In the Woods
by Tana French · 2007 · Thriller / Procedural
A Dublin detective investigates a girl's murder in the same woods where his childhood friends vanished 20 years ago.
Dinghai Fusheng Records
by Fei Tian Ye Xiang · 2017 · Danmei / Xuanhuan / LGBTQ+
Late-Song China; demons rise. A young swordsman and an amnesiac demon king set out to subdue them.
Guardian
by Priest · 2012 · Danmei / Urban Fantasy / LGBTQ+
A special-investigations chief and an envoy of the underworld span lifetimes together.
Liu Yao: The Ravages of Time
by Priest · 2015 · Danmei / Xianxia / LGBTQ+
In a fading-magic era, a young sect leader and four disciples solve cosmic puzzles.
Overlord
by Kugane Maruyama · 2012 · Light Novel / Isekai
When the game shuts down, a guild master is transported to another world with his NPCs — and becomes its true overlord.