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items These are the books I will recommend every time they are just that good. *WARNING* Yes I read books that are for adults as the subject matter is not pleasant - just to warn you. Definitely not a list for kids.
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Horrific True Stories of Torture and Abuse
Spicy 🥵 books that are better than 50 Shades of Grey
Horror the only way that Stephen King can write 👏📚😱😰🫢🫣😳
V.C. Andrews deserves her own list so here it is
Good Reads
Horrific True Stories of Torture and Abuse
These are first hand accounts of surviving abuse - so they are raw and full of emotion.
I appreciated the viewing from a different aspect.
Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry, Paperback
This novel is about a teen who was conceived as a bone marrow match for her sister Kate, and what happens when she begins to question who she really is.
It was made into a movie with Cameron Diaz as well.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Paperback
Verbal Judo offers a creative look at conflict that will help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation from your spouse, your boss, and even your teenager. As the author says, "when you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you’r...
Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion by George J. Thompson
The most shocking childhood story I have ever read. The author survived it…
*This deals with severe childhood abuse and trauma so it may not be for everyone*
Broken
This is a gritty, gripping, and tear-jerking novella, inspired by real victims' accounts and research into the sex trafficking underworld. *Please note this deals with mature subject matter*
Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave - Sibel Hodge
Troubling story of a 15 year old girl named Cora, who is stuck and trapped being abused by her Daddy.
She doesn’t talk to anyone but her teachers and imaginary friends. She keeps all her secrets in her diary until one day it goes missing at school.
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Good Girls Stay Quiet : Cassidy, Jo - Books
A Child Called “It” is Dave Pelzer’s shocking true account of surviving brutal child abuse at the hands of his alcoholic mother. Once treated lovingly, Dave suddenly becomes the target of relentless cruelty—starved, beaten, isolated, and forced into ...
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage
Spicy 🥵 books that are better than 50 Shades of Grey
Yup I really enjoyed these and I personally think they were much spicier than 50 Shades 👏😏
If you’re a fan or 50 Shades of Grey- this series is even more spicy 🥵
Calendar Girl, Volume One: January, February, March
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Four women entered into an auction where they agree to marry the highest bidder and stay married for three years at a minimum of a million dollars a year. It’s such a great series👏 In each book we learn something new about the four women and the men...
The Marriage Auction: Book One by Audrey Carlan, Paperback
Men don't ruin women. They devour them in every way that counts.
Warning: This book is designed for audiences 18+ due to language, graphic sexual content, and themes that some may find disturbing. BODY is book 1 of a three-part trilogy. Book 1 has a...
Trinity Series Anthology by Audrey Carlan | eBook
Another hot and heavy series that revolves around yoga 🧘♀️
Lotus House Series by Audrey Carlan
Horror the only way that Stephen King can write 👏📚😱😰🫢🫣😳
Stephen King just has a certain way of writing solid horror that not only can be scary but also uncomfortable with shades of wtf thrown in.
Anyone better? Let me know 🤗
Scared of clowns? You will be after reading this 🤡😭😱 it’s so well written he makes you feel like you actually live there.
It: A Novel by Stephen King, Paperback
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A graveyard to bury beloved pets with a sinister secret! Preys on the nightmares of any reader who has ever had a furry family member. If that doesn’t scare you away, then you’re in for a ride!
Pet Sematary: A Novel by Stephen King, Paperback
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It’s particularly intense and terrifying due to its suspense and psychological horror. It’s another one of his older books 📚
Misery: A Novel by Stephen King, Paperback
The classic horror that started it all for a lot of people. I found the movie version to be solid as well.
Carrie by Stephen King, Paperback
1408 made me refused to sleep with my door closed for days 😭😂 solid set of short stories.
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King, Paperback
This is Stephen King's first set of short stories and they do not disappoint.
Night Shift by Stephen King, Paperback
V.C. Andrews deserves her own list so here it is
She is a master of gothic horror and family saga. Her books are NOT for the faint of heart as they deal with troubling subject matter that is not intended for young audiences.
This is the first in her Dollanganger series. This book narrates the harrowing tale of the Dollanganger children. It has themes of abuse and incest.
Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition by V. C. Andrews, Paperback
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Book #2 of the Dollanganger series- After escaping from their abusive mother, they are thrust into a world full of unexpected turmoil. Their journey is marked by trauma, romance, and a quest for revenge against those who hurt them.
Petals on the Wind by V. C. Andrews, Paperback
Book #3 of the Dollanganger series. They hide the shocking truth to protect their children. But someone who knows their dark secret is watching.
If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger Series #3) by V. C. Andrews, Paperback
Book #4 of the Dollanganger series -They escaped their mother’s hellish trap years ago, but a cruel history of lies and deceit has come full circle…
Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger Series #4) by V. C. Andrews, Paperback
Book #5 of the Dollanganger series - This speaks of the beginning before the siblings were put in the attic. This is the story of their mother Olivia.
Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger Series #5) by V. C. Andrews | eBook
Book #6 of the Dollanganger series - a 17 year old girl goes with her Dad as his construction company is hired to inspect the Foxworth property for a prospective buyer. Accompanying her dad to the “forbidden territory,” they find a leather—bound book...
Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger (Dollanganger Series #7)
Book #7 of the Dollanganger Series- Kristin Masterwood and her boyfriend up the ante—by going into her attic to re-enact scenes described in Christopher Dollanganger’s journal.
Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger (Dollanganger Series #7)
Final Book #8 of the Dollanganger Series - A young boy suffers amnesia from a trauma he suffered in what feels like must have been another life. He’s adopted into a wealthy family—but what will happen when he learns the truth about his past?
Secret Brother by V. C. Andrews, Paperback
Good Reads
Kyle had one red paper clip. Just one.
But he looked at it and thought, “You’re small… but you’ve got potential.”
The One Red Paperclip Project