Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, this meme is all about making book-ish lists of your “Top Ten”s!
Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects
(Not Necessarily in the Following Order)
Tangerine – By Edward Bloor. Abuse, murder, family issues…
The Diary of a Young Girl – By Anne Frank. The Holocaust. Pretty much says everything.
Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey – By Margaret Peterson Haddix, deals with abuse, abandonment, loneliness, and trying to take care of everything on your own.
Leaving Fishers – By Margaret Peterson Haddix. Dealing with self-worth, friends, and cults (literally)… This description won’t make sense, unless you read my review (click on the book cover).
Dragonsdale – By Salamandra Drake. Dealing with parental death, trust, and overcoming psychological barriers.
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations – By Alex & Brett Harris. The name says it all. This book is amazing.
Trust no ones – By Linda Sue Park. Depression, stress, death…
Gregor and the Code of the Claw – By Suzanne Collins. This deals with a lot of moral and ethical issues, war, the reasons behind it, death, growing up to early, depression, even.
Ender’s Game – By Orson Scott Card. I can’t really say anything without giving it away, but this definitely deals with some tough issues.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – By J.K. Rowling. This deals with family deaths, expectations, guilt, abuse, teenage adolescence…
Well, that was a depressing post. They’re all really great books, though.
10 thoughts on “Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects”
Nice list- Anne Frank was a tough one for me not because of her situation but because of her complex relationship with her mother. Her mom didn’t want to be her parent but rather a friend, and I think that’s kind of sad. Thanks for sharing!
I know what your saying, that’s how it is with me a lot too. I think that is, in some ways, the appeal of the books. They deal with tough subjects, and dark matters, without whacking you around the head with them. Rowling still makes them fun and enjoyable books.
Interesting list. I’ve only read two of your picks (HP and Anne Frank), but there are definitely tough subjects in both. Come to think of it, most books deal with tough subjects, they just do it in different ways!
That’s a very interesting point you bring up, and one I wholeheartedly agree with. Which was why, in some ways, it was hard for me to pick 10, because, in some ways, almost all books DO deal with tough subjects, just different types.
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Nice list- Anne Frank was a tough one for me not because of her situation but because of her complex relationship with her mother. Her mom didn’t want to be her parent but rather a friend, and I think that’s kind of sad. Thanks for sharing!
My TTT: http://gobsandgobsofbooks.blogspot.com/2013/05/top-ten-books-dealing-with-tough.html
Oh, definitely. I completely agree with you on that one.
I never think of Harry Potter as having tough subjects or being dark reads until someone else mentions it – and they really are.
I know what your saying, that’s how it is with me a lot too. I think that is, in some ways, the appeal of the books. They deal with tough subjects, and dark matters, without whacking you around the head with them. Rowling still makes them fun and enjoyable books.
I completely forgot about “Don’t you dare read this…” – it made a huge impression on me! Tangerine sounds pretty good as well.
Me, too. I really enjoyed that one. Haddix did a FANTASTIC job with it. Tangerine (if you can get past it’s AWFUL cover) is really an amazing book.
Interesting list. I’ve only read two of your picks (HP and Anne Frank), but there are definitely tough subjects in both. Come to think of it, most books deal with tough subjects, they just do it in different ways!
Susan
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That’s a very interesting point you bring up, and one I wholeheartedly agree with. Which was why, in some ways, it was hard for me to pick 10, because, in some ways, almost all books DO deal with tough subjects, just different types.
Interesting choice in Harry Potter. I didn’t even think of Anne Frank but that was tough. kelley—the road goes ever ever on
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