Tragedies


Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1)
Macbeth
Othello
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
King Lear
Medea
Julius Caesar
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
Prometheus Bound
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
The Great Gatsby
The Bacchae
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
The White Raven by Diana L. PaxsonTwilight of Avalon by Anna ElliottTristan and Iseult by Rosemary SutcliffThe Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Joseph BédierThe Maid of the White Hands by Rosalind Miles
Tristan & Isolde Retellings
49 books — 35 voters
The Pattern Scars by Caitlin Sweet
Tragedies
1 book — 1 voter

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksMe Before You by Jojo MoyesSo Near the Horizon by Jessica KochKing's Sacrifice by Jane Anthony
Tearjerker romances
23 books — 4 voters

Lauren Groff
I imagined myself as a beautiful Cassandra, wandering vast and lonely halls, spilling prophecies that everyone laughed at, only to watch them come tragically true in the end. This feeling of mutedness, of injustice, was particularly strong in me, though I had no particular prophecies to tell, no clear-sighted warnings.
Lauren Groff, Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories

Cruelty, misfortune, thanklessness, and grief—a sure-fire recipe for madness." . ...more
Ali Zaka (AZD), Shadows Within: A Collection of Dark Tales by Ali Zaka

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