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BE — Bad / Tragic EndingThe Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller · 2011 · Historical / Mythology / LGBTQ+
A retelling of the Trojan War through Patroclus's eyes, tracing his bond with Achilles and their fated path.
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai · 1948 · Japanese Literature / Literary
Three notebooks chronicle one man's self-destruction — Dazai's semi-autobiographical masterpiece.
Me Before You
by Jojo Moyes · 2012 · Romance / Contemporary
Lou is hired as carer for paralyzed Will; their bond reshapes both lives.
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green · 2012 · YA / Romance
Two teens with cancer meet at a support group and fall in love.
One Day
by David Nicholls · 2009 · Romance / Literary
Em and Dex meet on the same date each year for two decades.
They Both Die at the End
by Adam Silvera · 2017 · YA / LGBTQ+
Two teens meet on the last day before their predicted deaths.
All the Bright Places
by Jennifer Niven · 2015 · YA / Romance
Two teens meet on a bridge ledge and try to save each other.
Thirteen Reasons Why
by Jay Asher · 2007 · YA / Issue Novel
After her suicide, Hannah leaves behind 13 cassette tapes.
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart · 2014 · YA / Thriller
A wealthy heiress's summer on a private island hides a truth she doesn't remember.
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara · 2015 · Literary / LGBTQ+
Four college friends in NYC across decades, centering one man's trauma.
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005 · Literary / Dystopia
Boarding school students slowly learn the purpose of their existence.
1984
by George Orwell · 1949 · Dystopia / Classic
Winston tries to resist the Party in a totalitarian state.
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley · 1932 · Dystopia / Classic
A future where chemical control and consumption replace freedom.
The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides · 2019 · Thriller / Psychological
Painter Alicia goes silent after killing her husband; therapist Theo tries to make her speak.
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert · 1856 · Classic / Literary
Emma, a country doctor's wife, chases romantic fantasies through two affairs and slides into ruin.
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy · 1877 · Classic / Literary
Anna leaves her marriage for Count Vronsky as Tolstoy threads in Levin's parallel love story across imperial Russia.
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 · Classic / Literary
Jazz-Age Long Island: Gatsby tries to reclaim Daisy and is pulled into the betrayals around Tom's marriage.
In Five Years
by Rebecca Serle · 2020 · Romance / Friendship / Magical Realism
On the night of her engagement Dannie has a vivid five-years-later dream — and her real life starts drifting off-script.
The Poppy War
by R. F. Kuang · 2018 · Fantasy / Military / China-inspired
Orphan Rin enters a military academy, discovers shaman-fire powers, and is consumed by total war.
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir · 2019 · Fantasy / Space Gothic / LGBTQ+
Foul-mouthed swordswoman Gideon is forced to escort her detested necromancer to a gothic space trial.
The Couple Next Door
by Shari Lapena · 2016 · Thriller / Domestic
A couple comes home from a dinner party next door to find their baby gone.
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes · 1966 · Science Fiction / Literary
Charlie, an intellectually disabled adult, undergoes an experimental intelligence procedure first tested on a lab mouse, Algernon.