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Showing posts with label literary fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literary fiction. Show all posts

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Contains heavy profanity, moderate sexual content, and mild violence.

The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset

Contains mild sexual content and mild violence and gore.

Autocorrect Stays by Holly C. Flanagan

Does not contain any profanity, sexual content, or violence and gore.

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Contains heavy profanity, heavy violence and gore, moderate sexual content, and heavy drug use and abuse.

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Contains mild profanity and mild sexual content and nudity.

The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs

Moderate profanity and moderate sexual content.

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

Contains mild profanity, mild sexual content, and moderate violence and gore.

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Contains moderate profanity, and moderate sexual content.

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Contains mild profanity, moderate sexual content, and moderate violence and gore.

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Contains mild profanity, and moderate sexual content.

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

Contains moderate profanity, mild violence and gore, and mild sexual content and nudity.

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Contains mild profanity, moderate violence and gore, and mild sexual content.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Contains moderate profanity, mild sexual content, and mild violence.

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

Contains heavy profanity, moderate sexual content, and mild violence and gore.

A Nearly Perfect Copy by Allison Amend

Contains heavy profanity and moderate sexual content.

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

Contains moderate sexual content and violence and gore.

The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass

Contains moderate profanity and heavy sexual content, as well as a same-sex relationship.

Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh

Contains mild profanity, mild sexual content, and heavy violence and gore.

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Contains heavy sexual content and nudity (but it's more on the matter-of-fact side than the salacious detail side), and one incident of moderate violence.

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