Addiction

by Osamu Dazai · 1948 · Japanese Literature / Literary

Three notebooks chronicle one man's self-destruction — Dazai's semi-autobiographical masterpiece.

by Paula Hawkins · 2015 · Thriller

Alcoholic Rachel watches a couple from her train every day — until the wife vanishes.

by Betty Smith · 1943 · Classic / Coming-of-age

Francie grows up in an immigrant family in early-1900s Brooklyn.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2019 · Music / Historical Fiction

Oral-history of a 1970s rock band: Daisy and lead singer Billy's chemistry strains Billy's marriage to Camila.

by John Green · 2005 · YA / Boarding School

Miles transfers to an Alabama boarding school and meets the mercurial Alaska Young.

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.