Tragic Books

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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,627,582 ratings — published 2012
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,907,457 ratings — published 2011
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,827,331 ratings — published 2005
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,786,193 ratings — published 1590
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,433,162 ratings — published 2003
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.29 — 885,346 ratings — published 2015
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,791,710 ratings — published 1925
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,113,407 ratings — published 1947
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,348,648 ratings — published 2014
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,778,750 ratings — published 1937
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,983,335 ratings — published 1847
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,701,640 ratings — published 2007
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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 35 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.75 — 850,389 ratings — published 2017
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.91 — 959,787 ratings — published 2009
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,017,903 ratings — published 2007
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It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1) It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,473,364 ratings — published 2016
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,639,732 ratings — published 2010
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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 30 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.79 — 554,446 ratings — published 2013
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,698,562 ratings — published 2008
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,775,607 ratings — published 2012
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,927,920 ratings — published 2017
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,795,488 ratings — published 1818
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,727,077 ratings — published 2005
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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.11 — 620,206 ratings — published 2015
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Forbidden Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.96 — 75,702 ratings — published 2010
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,343,725 ratings — published 1956
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,447,525 ratings — published 2002
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,306,360 ratings — published 1949
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Macbeth Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,001,177 ratings — published 1623
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,063,649 ratings — published 2009
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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,029,378 ratings — published 1601
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,814,418 ratings — published 1890
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I’m Glad My Mom Died I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,388,597 ratings — published 2022
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,694,037 ratings — published 1996
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.85 — 828,442 ratings — published 2005
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.16 — 946,626 ratings — published 2006
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A Walk to Remember A Walk to Remember (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 840,395 ratings — published 1999
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.10 — 915,201 ratings — published 1878
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Ugly Love Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,245,877 ratings — published 2014
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Flowers for Algernon Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.23 — 774,364 ratings — published 1966
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Atonement Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.95 — 556,435 ratings — published 2001
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The Time Traveler's Wife The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,848,522 ratings — published 2003
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,144,771 ratings — published 1954
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,421,464 ratings — published 1945
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.52 — 870,963 ratings — published 2025
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,928,339 ratings — published 2014
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My Sister's Keeper My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,267,683 ratings — published 2004
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If We Were Villains If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.10 — 386,807 ratings — published 2017
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.45 — 994,985 ratings — published 2017
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Othello Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 430,824 ratings — published 1603
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The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenBeautifully Done by Riley MackenzieThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenTen Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker
Sad, Beautiful, Tragic
95 books — 96 voters
The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Yard by Alex GrecianWhack Job by Rachel McCarthy James
The Morbid
128 books — 17 voters

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Karl Lagerfeld
“We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.”
Karl Lagerfeld

J.K. Rowling
“Look...at...me..." he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank, and empty. The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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