Trauma Recovery

Molka

Monika Kim · Mystery & Thriller

From the award-winning author of The Eyes Are the Best Part, praised by The New York Times Book Review as “violent, smart, gruesome and wildly…

psychological thriller · revenge plot · cat and mouse · trauma recovery

The Night We Met

Abby Jimenez · Romance

**A beautiful, compelling novel that revels in laughter, friendship, and the messy choices life can throw our way.** In everyone’s life, there’s a…

slow burn · friends to lovers · romantic comedy · trauma recovery

Shatter Me

Tahereh Mafi · Fantasy

Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of…

slow burn · enemies to lovers · dystopian society · forbidden romance · trauma recovery · high stakes survival

Good Girl, Bad Blood

Holly Jackson · Mystery & Thriller

More dark secrets are exposed in this addictive, true-crime fueled sequel when Pip finds herself in another deadly case.

psychological thriller · revenge plot · missing person · trauma recovery

Daggermouth

H. M. Wolfe · Fantasy

He Is Her Ruin. She Is His Rebellion. The first thing you’ll learn in New Found Haven is mercy no longer exists. Showing mercy is a weakness, and…

dark romance · enemies to lovers · grimdark · dystopian society · trauma recovery · forced proximity

Binding 13

Chloe Walsh · Romance

He wants to save her. She wants to hide. She's damaged. He's determined. Fate brought them together. Love binds them. Johnny Kavanagh is the…

dark romance · forced proximity · trauma recovery · redemption arc · he falls first

The Fall

Kate Stewart · Romance

Dallas He was the beginning of my heart .

dark romance · slow burn · second chance romance · trauma recovery · forbidden romance

The Girl with a Thousand Faces

Sunyi Dean · Fantasy

Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past.

gothic atmosphere · ghosts · historical fiction · urban fantasy · trauma recovery

If He Had Been with Me

Laura Nowlin · Romance

*A BookTok Viral Sensation* An achingly authentic and raw portrait of love, regret, and the life-altering impact of the relationships we hold…

second chance romance · coming of age · trauma recovery · slow burn

The Housemaid

Freida McFadden · Horror

Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom.

psychological thriller · haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery

Beneath

Ariel Sullivan · Romance

Hundreds of years before the Illum ruled supreme, humanity risked everything to rebuild after a devastating war in this explosive dystopian romance…

dark romance · slow burn · dystopian society · forbidden romance · trauma recovery

A Forbidden Alchemy

Stacey McEwan · Romance

Australian BookTok star Stacey McEwan’s stunning slow-burn romantasy series traces a fated pair who stumble upon a world-changing secret and are…

slow burn · fated mates · forbidden romance · quest · coming of age · trauma recovery

The Summer Fun Massacre

Craig DiLouie · Horror

It’s 1992, and in the heat of Texas, camp Summer Fun rests by a crystalline lake surrounded by a shady forest.

survival · trauma recovery · twist ending · high stakes survival

The Burning Side

Sarah Damoff · Literary Fiction

When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging.

coming of age · trauma recovery · secret identity

Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo · Fantasy

Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class.

dark academia · urban fantasy · trauma recovery · ghosts · demons

Spark of the Everflame

Penn Cole · Fantasy

A captivating fantasy romance that serves as the first book in the Kindred's Curse Saga.

coming of age · grimdark · revenge plot · chosen one · trauma recovery

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier · Horror

With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs.

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · second chance romance · trauma recovery

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman · Sci-Fi

"The legendary novel of extraterrestrial war in an uncaring universe comes to comics, in a stunningly realized vision of Joe Haldeman's Vietnam War…

space opera · survival · trauma recovery · first contact · time travel

How to Sell a Haunted House

Grady Hendrix · Horror

When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home.

haunted setting · trauma recovery · revenge plot

Kindred

Octavia Butler · Sci-Fi

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California…

time travel · historical fiction · trauma recovery · survival · forced proximity

Obstetrix

Naomi Kritzer · Sci-Fi

From the Hugo award-winning author Naomi Kritzer comes a tense portrait of a future we desperately hope to escape.

dystopian society · psychological thriller · survival · high stakes survival · trauma recovery

Flashlight

Susan Choi · Literary Fiction

One summer night, Louisa and her father take a walk on the breakwater.

unreliable narrator · multiple timelines · psychological thriller · twist ending · trauma recovery

Daughter of No Worlds

Carissa Broadbent · Fantasy

A former slave fighting for justice.

dark romance · enemies to lovers · slow burn · morally grey character · trauma recovery

Assassin's Apprentice

Robin Hobb · Fantasy

Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father's gruff stableman.

coming of age · found family · redemption arc · quest · trauma recovery · magic academy

One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig · Fantasy

An ancient, mercurial spirit is trapped inside Elspeth Spindle's head - she calls him the Nightmare.

dark romance · gothic atmosphere · chosen one · demons · trauma recovery

The Mad Wife

Meagan Church · Literary Fiction

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the…

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery · twist ending

This Book Made Me Think of You

Libby Page · Literary Fiction

A woman receives an unexpected gift from the man she loved and lost—a year of books, one for every month—launching a reading-inspired journey to…

second chance romance · coming of age · trauma recovery

The Midnight Train

Matt Haig · Literary Fiction

When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop?

magical realism · time travel · second chance romance · trauma recovery

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness · Literary Fiction

A brilliant, graphic novel written by young but promising Patrick Ness.

coming of age · trauma recovery · magical realism · found family

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig · Literary Fiction

Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever.

magical realism · multiple timelines · trauma recovery · redemption arc

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver · Literary Fiction

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with…

coming of age · trauma recovery · redemption arc

The Lion Women of Tehran

Marjan Kamali · Literary Fiction

When Homa, a girl from her childhood, reappears in her privileged world, Ellie, amidst Iran's political turmoil, joins her in pursuing their goals…

coming of age · historical fiction · political intrigue · trauma recovery