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Title is a play on Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club" a story within his New Arabian Nights.

I recently came across a list for books by authors who committed suicide and this gave me the idea to create a list for books in which one of the characters commits suicide.

Books in which the suicide may be ambiguous and the author leaves it up to the reader to determine if it was suicide or accidental, are allowable.
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message 1: by Ben (new)

Ben I think you might need a spoiler warning on this list! :o)


message 2: by Silver (new)

Silver Haha I did think about that factor when I came up with this idea, but I thought just knowing that someone somewhere in the book commits suicide does not really give anything away. But I suppose with some books it may be easier to guess who it is.


message 3: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited May 09, 2011 01:13PM) (new)

Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) I added a few books where the suicide doesn't actually happen as part of the action, but it is the trigger for one of the protagonists' actions (or for a key event in the book itself) -- e.g., "Streetcar Named Desire," "Ordinary People," "Gaudy Night," and "Raven in the Foregate." I hope those are OK as well? If not, I'll of course be happy to delete them again!


message 4: by Silver (new)

Silver That is fine


message 5: by Laura (new)

Laura I was going to mention that for one of the books on this list, just putting it on the list is a major spoiler. But now I don't want to say which one, for fear that I'll spoil it for someone reading this comment!


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) Laura wrote: "I was going to mention that for one of the books on this list, just putting it on the list is a major spoiler. But now I don't want to say which one, for fear that I'll spoil it for someone reading this comment! "

Laura, is this one of my additions? If so, let's take it to private messages!


message 7: by Laura (last edited Jul 08, 2011 09:00AM) (new)

Laura I think it may be, but frankly, I'm not exactly sure how I tell who added what. I'll PM, though.

ETA: Oh wait, I think you actually will have to PM me.


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