books that had scenes that made me uncomfortable, stressed and/or anxious. all between 3 and 5 stars
created by hollie
last updated October, 2026
Mathilda
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Hunchback
Saou Ichikawa
You Weren't Meant to Be Human
Andrew Joseph White
The Route of Ice and Salt
José Luis Zárate
The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Under the Skin
Michel Faber
Earthlings
Sayaka Murata
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Tender Is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica
The Troop
Nick Cutter
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid
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