Violence Books

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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 138 times as violence)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,853,781 ratings — published 2008
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 92 times as violence)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,131,598 ratings — published 2009
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as violence)
avg rating 4.00 — 767,395 ratings — published 1962
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as violence)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,463,527 ratings — published 2023
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 67 times as violence)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,699,344 ratings — published 2010
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as violence)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,007,458 ratings — published 2017
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It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1) It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as violence)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,572,181 ratings — published 2016
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as violence)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,364,197 ratings — published 2011
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 641,084 ratings — published 1996
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as violence)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,186,478 ratings — published 1954
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 47 times as violence)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,542,200 ratings — published 2023
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as violence)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,552 ratings — published 2010
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as violence)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,148,724 ratings — published 2015
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 45 times as violence)
avg rating 4.26 — 984,095 ratings — published 2006
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as violence)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,591,502 ratings — published 1967
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Long Way Down Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as violence)
avg rating 4.24 — 136,884 ratings — published 2017
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as violence)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,724,862 ratings — published 1996
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,370,706 ratings — published 2012
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2) Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 41 times as violence)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,618,806 ratings — published 2012
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as violence)
avg rating 4.15 — 218,202 ratings — published 1985
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Violence: Six Sideways Reflections Violence: Six Sideways Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as violence)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,426 ratings — published 2007
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as violence)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,715,083 ratings — published 2018
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 36 times as violence)
avg rating 4.24 — 774,635 ratings — published 2007
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 34 times as violence)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,162,621 ratings — published 2020
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,435,725 ratings — published 2005
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Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as violence)
avg rating 4.32 — 410,004 ratings — published 2016
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as violence)
avg rating 3.80 — 360,528 ratings — published 1991
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as violence)
avg rating 4.16 — 473,717 ratings — published 2018
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An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as violence)
avg rating 4.24 — 345,685 ratings — published 2015
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 50,979 ratings — published 1997
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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as violence)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,155,259 ratings — published 2016
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as violence)
avg rating 4.27 — 754,520 ratings — published 2014
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On Violence On Violence (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as violence)
avg rating 3.74 — 5,349 ratings — published 1970
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Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1) Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as violence)
avg rating 3.94 — 870,499 ratings — published 2021
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Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as violence)
avg rating 4.01 — 605,463 ratings — published 2023
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as violence)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,846,518 ratings — published 2018
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Columbine Columbine (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as violence)
avg rating 4.29 — 102,189 ratings — published 2009
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A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,664,456 ratings — published 2017
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Raze (Scarred Souls, #1) Raze (Scarred Souls, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.09 — 27,017 ratings — published 2014
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,965,010 ratings — published 2011
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A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,017,662 ratings — published 1998
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No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.17 — 245,420 ratings — published 2005
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Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,607,664 ratings — published 2025
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Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2) Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.07 — 590,068 ratings — published 2022
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The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,273,625 ratings — published 2015
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Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1) Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 3.78 — 122,550 ratings — published 2013
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as violence)
avg rating 4.11 — 250,264 ratings — published 2018
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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as violence)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,675,998 ratings — published 2009
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
by (shelved 25 times as violence)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,005,549 ratings — published 2025
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as violence)
avg rating 4.06 — 443,482 ratings — published 2016
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. [Remarks on the first
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

[Remarks on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress, 13 March 1962]”
John F. Kennedy

Ocean Vuong
“All this time I told myself we were born from war—but I was wrong, Ma. We were born from beauty.
Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence—but that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it.”
Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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