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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,796,770 ratings — published 2012
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,075,156 ratings — published 2011
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,546,409 ratings — published 2003
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,854,801 ratings — published 1590
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 49 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,926,522 ratings — published 2005
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.27 — 965,977 ratings — published 2015
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,020,435 ratings — published 1925
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,222,723 ratings — published 1847
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,255,695 ratings — published 1947
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,887,744 ratings — published 1937
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,772,620 ratings — published 2007
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,947,685 ratings — published 1818
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,437,425 ratings — published 2014
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,030,753 ratings — published 2007
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.75 — 887,702 ratings — published 2017
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.91 — 973,770 ratings — published 2009
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,720,906 ratings — published 2016
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.78 — 608,941 ratings — published 2013
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,793,252 ratings — published 2010
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,242,006 ratings — published 2017
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,082,417 ratings — published 2008
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,383,591 ratings — published 1956
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,766,274 ratings — published 2005
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.95 — 76,497 ratings — published 2010
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.11 — 636,092 ratings — published 2015
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,823,181 ratings — published 2012
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,071,299 ratings — published 1601
Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,037,971 ratings — published 1623
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,603,372 ratings — published 1948
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,474,931 ratings — published 2002
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,935,498 ratings — published 1890
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,239,495 ratings — published 2009
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,546,728 ratings — published 2022
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.85 — 881,708 ratings — published 2005
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.16 — 985,460 ratings — published 2006
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,251,753 ratings — published 1954
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.24 — 817,061 ratings — published 1966
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,772,100 ratings — published 1996
A Walk to Remember (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 849,289 ratings — published 1999
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,669,666 ratings — published 1945
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 17 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,180,324 ratings — published 2025
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 17 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,868,420 ratings — published 2003
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.11 — 948,238 ratings — published 1878
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.95 — 570,461 ratings — published 2001
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,021,218 ratings — published 2014
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,357,124 ratings — published 2014
Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 442,397 ratings — published 1603
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,283,674 ratings — published 2004
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.08 — 267,937 ratings — published 2016
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.03 — 474,030 ratings — published 2016
“The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.”
―
―
“darkness falls upon Humanity
and faces become terrible
things
that wanted more than there
was.
all our days are marked with
unexpected
affronts - some
disastrous, others
less so
but the process is
wearing and
continuous.
attrition rules.
most give
way
leaving
empty spaces
where people should
be.
and now
as we ready to self-destruct
there is very little left to
kill
which makes the tragedy
less and more
much much
more.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
and faces become terrible
things
that wanted more than there
was.
all our days are marked with
unexpected
affronts - some
disastrous, others
less so
but the process is
wearing and
continuous.
attrition rules.
most give
way
leaving
empty spaces
where people should
be.
and now
as we ready to self-destruct
there is very little left to
kill
which makes the tragedy
less and more
much much
more.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
