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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,631,944 ratings — published 2012
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,911,524 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,829,819 ratings — published 2005
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,787,956 ratings — published 1590
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,436,070 ratings — published 2003
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.29 — 887,671 ratings — published 2015
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,797,530 ratings — published 1925
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,351,792 ratings — published 2014
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,117,321 ratings — published 1947
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,781,399 ratings — published 1937
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,986,471 ratings — published 1847
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.75 — 851,283 ratings — published 2017
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,018,307 ratings — published 2007
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,703,387 ratings — published 2007
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.91 — 960,157 ratings — published 2009
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,479,982 ratings — published 2016
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,643,857 ratings — published 2010
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.79 — 555,953 ratings — published 2013
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,708,292 ratings — published 2008
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,776,934 ratings — published 2012
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,936,398 ratings — published 2017
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,798,657 ratings — published 1818
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,728,170 ratings — published 2005
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.11 — 620,628 ratings — published 2015
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.96 — 75,731 ratings — published 2010
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,344,662 ratings — published 1956
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,448,296 ratings — published 2002
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,314,040 ratings — published 1949
Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,002,112 ratings — published 1623
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,068,262 ratings — published 2009
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,030,471 ratings — published 1601
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,817,494 ratings — published 1890
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,392,145 ratings — published 2022
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,695,989 ratings — published 1996
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.85 — 829,809 ratings — published 2005
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.16 — 947,582 ratings — published 2006
A Walk to Remember (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 840,654 ratings — published 1999
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.23 — 775,469 ratings — published 1966
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.10 — 916,038 ratings — published 1878
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,248,763 ratings — published 2014
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.95 — 556,879 ratings — published 2001
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,849,002 ratings — published 2003
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,147,405 ratings — published 1954
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,427,607 ratings — published 1945
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.52 — 880,647 ratings — published 2025
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,930,639 ratings — published 2014
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,268,110 ratings — published 2004
Five Feet Apart (ebook)
by (shelved 14 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.18 — 253,927 ratings — published 2018
If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.10 — 388,527 ratings — published 2017
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.45 — 995,872 ratings — published 2017
“When I was twelve, my sixth-grade English class went on a field trip to see Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. From that moment forward I dreamed that someday I’d meet my own Juliet. I’d marry her and I would love her with the same passion and intensity as Romeo. The fact
that their marriage lasted fewer than three days before they both were dead
didn’t seem to affect my fantasy. Even if they had lived, I don’t think their
relationship could have survived. Let’s face it, being that emotionally aflame, sexually charged, and transcendentally eloquent every single second can really start to grate on a person’s nerves. However, if I could find someone to love just a fraction of the way that Montague loved his Capulet, then marrying her would be worth it.”
― You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story
that their marriage lasted fewer than three days before they both were dead
didn’t seem to affect my fantasy. Even if they had lived, I don’t think their
relationship could have survived. Let’s face it, being that emotionally aflame, sexually charged, and transcendentally eloquent every single second can really start to grate on a person’s nerves. However, if I could find someone to love just a fraction of the way that Montague loved his Capulet, then marrying her would be worth it.”
― You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story
“But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse”
― Suttree
― Suttree
