Horns
When privileged Ig, who comes from a prominent family, wakes up one morning with a terrible hangover after a night of drinking and doing terrible things, he discovers he has grown horns.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, revenge, homicide, good and evil, grief [X], devil, supernatural, bereavement, new hampshire, psychological fiction [X]
Protected
"Nearly a year after her popular older sister's accidental death, Hannah meets Anne, a guidance counselor, and Josh, a potential new friend, who offer her the chance to move forward"--OCLC.
FIC
year:
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: teenage girls, family life, bullies, grief [X], psychological fiction [X], death, self-realization, friendship, counseling, bildungsromans
Under My Skin
"It's been a year since Poppy's husband, Jack, was brutally murdered during his morning run through Manhattan's Riverside Park.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: widows, grief [X], amnesia, psychic trauma, murder, cold cases (criminal investigation), new york (n.y.), thrillers (fiction), psychological fiction [X]
Pretend She's Here
Fifteen-year-old Emily has six siblings, but she was also close to her best friend, Lizzie Porter, who died nearly a year ago, and she is still grieving; but Lizzie's family are also grieving, so much so, that they use Lizzie's younger sister, Chloe, as a lure and kidnap Emily, forcing her to dress, talk, and act like Lizzie, and threatening to go after Emily's family if she does not become the replacement for the daughter they lost--and Emily is caught between fear for herself and her family, and concern for Chloe, who she sees is also a victim of Mrs.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: children, kidnapping, identity (psychology), bereavement, mental illness, sisters, families, identity, grief [X], family life, psychological fiction [X], children's audiobooks, audiobooks
Spring
"'Spring' follows a string of characters and explores themes like immigration and human nature in general, as well as the aftermath of the EU referendum and growing tensions in the UK.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: spring, grief [X], refugees, psychological fiction [X], human behavior, emigration and immigration
The Other Mother
"The one he loves most, is the one he knows least. Thirteen-year-old Michael Parsons isdealing with a lot.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mothers and sons, teenage boys, capgras syndrome, fathers, grief [X], psychological fiction [X], domestic fiction, bildungsromans
Worst-case Collin
"In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Collin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problem that is spiraling out of control, leaving Collin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone else, even as he struggles with his own grief"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: hoarders, grief [X], father-son relationship, death, mathematicians, friendship, psychological fiction [X]
Remember Me
When Blue Owens wakes up with the overwhelming feeling that something is wrong with her memory, she meets Adam Mendoza, who explains that she paid to have her unpleasant memories erased in order to "start over"--and that begins Blue's journey to recover her memories and understand the truth of why she felt the need to lose them in the first place.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: memory, amnesia, recovered memory, grief [X], identity (psychology), mothers and daughters, human experimentation in medicine, identity, psychological fiction [X]
The Castle School For Troubled Girls
"Paralyzed by grief, Moira feels punished when her parents send her to a therapeutic boarding school in Maine where she meets eleven other troubled girls and gradually begins to understand her parents' true intentions behind sending her there"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: grief [X], mental illness, therapeutic schools, boarding schools, schools, psychological fiction [X], school fiction, private schools, school stories
City Of Orange
"A man wakes up in an unknown landscape, injured and alone. He used to live in a place called California, but how did he wind up here with a head wound and a bottle of pills in his pocket? He navigates his surroundings, one rough shape at a time.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: amnesia, end of the world, survival, grief [X], survival skills, science fiction, psychological fiction [X], apocalyptic fiction
Remind Me To Hate You Later
Told in alternating timelines, as Natalie grieves her best friend Jules's death by suicide, Jules's influencer mother plans to release a book about it, which causes Natalie and Jules's boyfriend to band together and expose the truth behind Jules' tragic death.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: grief [X], social media, suicide, friendship, psychological fiction [X], social problem fiction
This Is Me Trying
Growing up, Bryce, Beatriz, and Santiago were inseparable, but after the dissolution of their friendship and Bryce's suicide, Beatriz and Santiago attempt to reconcile and navigate love, mental illness, and forgiveness.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: grief [X], friendship, mental illness, forgiveness, suicide, love, social problem fiction, psychological fiction [X], romance fiction
Family Meal
"Cam is living in Los Angeles and falling apart after the love of his life has died.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: gay men, grief [X], homecoming, family-owned business enterprises, bakeries, bakers, mental health, friendship, body dysmorphic disorder, gay fiction, psychological fiction [X]
The Wife Before Me
"How well do you know the man you love? One evening as the sun is setting, Amelia Madison's car slides into the sea off Mason's Pier.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: grief [X], widowers, wives, fiction / crime, fiction / mystery & detective / police procedural, fiction / mystery & detective / women sleuths, fiction / psychological, fiction / thrillers / crime, fiction / thrillers / psychological, fiction / thrillers / suspense, ireland, psychological fiction [X], fiction, suspense fiction, novels, thrillers (fiction)
Rabbit & Juliet
"Seventeen-year-old Rabbit has been struggling to stay above water since her mom died.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenage girls, interpersonal relations, sexual minorities, mothers, high school students, sex crimes, grief [X], revenge, small cities, lgbtq+ people, sexual abuse, psychological fiction [X], thrillers (fiction), queer fiction