Angst

Angst -- refers to a genre of stories with prevalent physical or, mainly, emotional torment of characters. Most stories with an angst description contain significant levels of characters feeling emotions such as fear, anxiety, or sadness. Such fics may also be designed to elicit such emotions in the readers.

The Unwanted Wife (Unwanted, #1)
Bully (Fall Away, #1)
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
Ugly Love
Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
Thoughtless (Thoughtless, #1)
Unbreak My Heart (Fostering Love, #1)
Vicious (Sinners of Saint, #1)
The Song of Achilles
Still Beating
A Love Letter to Whiskey (A Love Letter to Whiskey #1)
On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street, #1)
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
The Fault in Our Stars
The Unwanted Wife by Natasha AndersKiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThe Wrong Bride by Catharina MauraThe Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate by Cate C. WellsThe Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley
Angst and Grovel Galore
333 books — 52 voters
Den of Vipers by K.A. KnightFour Psychos by Kristy CunningBroken Bonds by J. BreeThe Gladiator's Downfall by Kristen BanetGypsy Blood by Kristy Cunning
Reverse Harem - Badass Heroines Only
324 books — 337 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineA Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaughtGold Ring of Betrayal by Michelle ReidStatic by L.A. WittTexas Glory by Lorraine Heath
Evil Family
77 books — 17 voters
The Law of Attraction by N.M. SilberThe Home Court Advantage by N.M. SilberOn Dublin Street by Samantha YoungDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
Whirwind Romance
144 books — 85 voters

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesBared to You by Sylvia DayEasy by Tammara WebberGabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
Tortured Sexy Trash
284 books — 421 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyEasy by Tammara WebberThe Piper's Son by Melina MarchettaWhere She Went by Gayle FormanHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Broken Boys of YA
227 books — 128 voters

Joan Bauer
It was February sixth: eight days until Valentine's Day. I was dateless, as usual, deep in the vice grip of unrequited love. It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer in America who stuck hearts and cupids in their windows by January second to rub it in. ...more
Joan Bauer, Thwonk

William Shakespeare
Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems." 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly: these indeed seem, For they are actions that a man might play: But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe. ...more
William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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