Suicide

13 books tagged with this warning.

No Longer Human

by Osamu Dazai · 1948 · Japanese Literature / Literary

BESuicidal ideationSubstance abuse

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

Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami · 1987 · Japanese Literature / Coming-of-age

BittersweetSuicideGrief

In late-60s Tokyo, Toru drifts between two women and the shadow of his friend's death.

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven · 2015 · YA / Romance

BESuicideDepression

Two teens meet on a bridge ledge and try to save each other.

Thirteen Reasons Why

by Jay Asher · 2007 · YA / Issue Novel

BESuicideSexual assault

After her suicide, Hannah leaves behind 13 cassette tapes.

A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara · 2015 · Literary / LGBTQ+

BEChild sexual abuseSelf-harm

Four college friends in NYC across decades, centering one man's trauma.

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley · 1932 · Dystopia / Classic

BESuicideAuthoritarian control

A future where chemical control and consumption replace freedom.

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides · 2019 · Thriller / Psychological

BEViolenceSuicide

Painter Alicia goes silent after killing her husband; therapist Theo tries to make her speak.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky · 1999 · YA / Coming-of-age

BittersweetChild sexual abuseFriend's suicide

High-school freshman Charlie writes letters about his year.

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert · 1856 · Classic / Literary

BEInfidelity (protagonist)Cheating

Emma, a country doctor's wife, chases romantic fantasies through two affairs and slides into ruin.

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy · 1877 · Classic / Literary

BEInfidelity (protagonist)Cheating

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

BECheating (multiple)Infidelity

Jazz-Age Long Island: Gatsby tries to reclaim Daisy and is pulled into the betrayals around Tom's marriage.

Looking for Alaska

by John Green · 2005 · YA / Boarding School

BittersweetFriend deathPossible suicide

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

Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee · 2017 · Literary / Family Saga

BittersweetRacismFamily death

An early-20th-century Korean girl marries into Japan; four generations endure discrimination — an epic saga.

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