The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald’s attempt (some would say successful) at the Great American Novel is mentioned in several news stories regarding trigger warnings. Phillip Wythe, a Rutgers student, wrote in his Daily Targum column that the tale of excess contains scenes of “gory, abusive and misogynistic violence.”

If The Great Gatsby makes the list of trigger warning-required books, you can pretty much count everything written (and possibly even said) by Norman Mailer — especially Tough Guys Don’t Dance, with its scenes of women being beheaded — as traumatic reads for anyone who has experienced domestic violence.