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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.27 — 954,114 ratings — published 2015
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,051,498 ratings — published 2011
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 21 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,140,527 ratings — published 2025
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,761,204 ratings — published 2007
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,529,931 ratings — published 2003
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.00 — 419,922 ratings — published 2019
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,911,921 ratings — published 2005
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.85 — 873,019 ratings — published 2005
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If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1) If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.78 — 601,599 ratings — published 2013
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,775,128 ratings — published 2012
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.08 — 543,379 ratings — published 1995
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I'm Glad My Mom Died I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,523,126 ratings — published 2022
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.16 — 505,178 ratings — published 2018
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If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me, #2) If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.86 — 200,064 ratings — published 2024
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.14 — 494,740 ratings — published 2022
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Flowers for Algernon Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.24 — 809,912 ratings — published 1966
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If We Were Villains If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.08 — 423,137 ratings — published 2017
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,908,872 ratings — published 2018
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The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,201,523 ratings — published 2015
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The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.34 — 229,679 ratings — published 2019
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.10 — 435,077 ratings — published 2020
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The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3) The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.27 — 177,837 ratings — published 2020
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They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1) They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.75 — 882,594 ratings — published 2017
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The Bell Jar The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,251,163 ratings — published 1963
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The Last Letter The Last Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.49 — 562,351 ratings — published 2019
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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.11 — 633,655 ratings — published 2015
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,030,520 ratings — published 2008
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,770,718 ratings — published 2010
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Manacled Manacled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.62 — 163,237 ratings — published 2019
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No Longer Human No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.93 — 264,527 ratings — published 1948
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,426,237 ratings — published 2014
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,471,092 ratings — published 2002
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A Monster Calls A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.34 — 292,284 ratings — published 2011
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,377,561 ratings — published 1956
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White Nights White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.07 — 375,810 ratings — published 1848
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,053,209 ratings — published 2006
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,213,642 ratings — published 2009
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Crying in H Mart Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.23 — 614,878 ratings — published 2021
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,394,097 ratings — published 2022
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.83 — 350,459 ratings — published 2019
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A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1) A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.03 — 469,547 ratings — published 2016
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When Breath Becomes Air When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.41 — 821,758 ratings — published 2016
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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.77 — 422,576 ratings — published 2017
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,006,337 ratings — published 2014
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,896,254 ratings — published 2018
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It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1) It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,691,956 ratings — published 2016
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,195,403 ratings — published 1847
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Atonement Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 3.95 — 568,246 ratings — published 2001
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,023,068 ratings — published 1999
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The Things We Leave Unfinished The Things We Leave Unfinished (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as devastating)
avg rating 4.31 — 465,329 ratings — published 2021
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Wayne Gerard Trotman
“In the hands of a cruel person, honesty can be a lethal weapon.”
Wayne Gerard Trotman

Frances Woodard
“It’s quite a dangerous act you know, to be in love… Especially in such a devastating existence.”
Frances Woodard, Strings of Fate

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