Tragedy Books

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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 872 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,807,020 ratings — published 1590
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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 694 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,042,739 ratings — published 1601
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Macbeth Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 662 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,012,994 ratings — published 1623
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Othello Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 462 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.89 — 434,716 ratings — published 1603
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 436 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,859,926 ratings — published 1925
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King Lear King Lear (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 375 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 236,465 ratings — published 1605
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 288 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,810,930 ratings — published 1937
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Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1) Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by (shelved 284 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.73 — 236,242 ratings — published -429
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 273 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,021,927 ratings — published 1847
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Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3) Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by (shelved 258 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.68 — 175,458 ratings — published -441
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 256 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,677,198 ratings — published 2012
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Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 218,436 ratings — published 1599
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,952,648 ratings — published 2011
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Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 163 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 257,696 ratings — published 1949
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,863,171 ratings — published 1818
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 301,585 ratings — published 1891
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Medea Medea (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.95 — 86,687 ratings — published -431
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 146 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,856,205 ratings — published 2005
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 924,846 ratings — published 1878
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 124 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 963,931 ratings — published 2009
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Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 43,588 ratings — published 1606
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,467,348 ratings — published 2003
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 46,581 ratings — published -458
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,156,910 ratings — published 1947
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,021,929 ratings — published 2007
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,378,638 ratings — published 2014
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The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 70,584 ratings — published -450
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.28 — 911,067 ratings — published 2015
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,456,003 ratings — published 2002
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Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.67 — 34,211 ratings — published 1594
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,738,812 ratings — published 2005
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The Crucible The Crucible (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.61 — 461,568 ratings — published 1953
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The Bacchae The Bacchae (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.94 — 25,220 ratings — published -405
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,854,043 ratings — published 1890
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.74 — 410,397 ratings — published 1958
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,354,732 ratings — published 1956
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,176,208 ratings — published 1954
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,028,047 ratings — published 2006
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,010,702 ratings — published 1992
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,721,925 ratings — published 2007
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,789,557 ratings — published 2012
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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 74 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 861,115 ratings — published 2017
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Les Misérables Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.21 — 840,057 ratings — published 1862
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Bridge to Terabithia Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 71 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 587,393 ratings — published 1977
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Dr. Faustus Dr. Faustus (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.80 — 72,138 ratings — published 1588
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Atonement Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.95 — 561,047 ratings — published 2001
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as tragedy)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,396,433 ratings — published 1949
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Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
by (shelved 64 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 16,372 ratings — published -401
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Richard III Richard III (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 58,228 ratings — published 1593
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A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as tragedy)
avg rating 3.98 — 333,361 ratings — published 1947
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Stephen Jay Gould
“We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.”
Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man

Fredrik Backman
“Everyone has a thousand wishes before a tragedy, but just one afterward.”
Fredrik Backman, Beartown

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