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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,912,369 ratings — published 2012
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,216,816 ratings — published 2011
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,633,227 ratings — published 2003
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,902,577 ratings — published 1590
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 51 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,998,000 ratings — published 2005
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,183,661 ratings — published 1925
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,027,271 ratings — published 2015
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,317,333 ratings — published 1847
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,356,842 ratings — published 1947
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,975,842 ratings — published 1937
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,036,242 ratings — published 1818
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,836,624 ratings — published 2007
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,040,016 ratings — published 2007
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,495,655 ratings — published 2014
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.75 — 915,573 ratings — published 2017
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.91 — 982,572 ratings — published 2009
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.78 — 643,355 ratings — published 2013
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,911,160 ratings — published 2010
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,870,669 ratings — published 2016
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,354,716 ratings — published 2008
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,411,714 ratings — published 2012
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,498,309 ratings — published 2017
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,794,669 ratings — published 2005
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.95 — 77,051 ratings — published 2010
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,391,454 ratings — published 2025
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,097,822 ratings — published 1601
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,031,888 ratings — published 1890
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.11 — 646,500 ratings — published 2015
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,855,472 ratings — published 2012
Macbeth: Moment by Moment (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,062,446 ratings — published 1623
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,494,021 ratings — published 2002
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,823,644 ratings — published 1949
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,373,604 ratings — published 2009
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.25 — 855,316 ratings — published 1966
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,012,890 ratings — published 2006
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,338,130 ratings — published 1954
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,648,378 ratings — published 2022
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,834,112 ratings — published 1996
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.85 — 925,603 ratings — published 2005
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,584,419 ratings — published 1915
A Walk to Remember (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.20 — 857,098 ratings — published 1999
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,859,954 ratings — published 1945
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 17 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,882,119 ratings — published 2003
Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.11 — 975,770 ratings — published 1878
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,085,330 ratings — published 2014
Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.89 — 451,284 ratings — published 1603
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 3.96 — 581,660 ratings — published 2001
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,704,934 ratings — published 1967
Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.29 — 392,436 ratings — published 2025
The Last Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as tragic)
avg rating 4.46 — 757,093 ratings — published 2019
“You must save yourself," Tairn demands. "I chose you not as my next but as my last, and should you fall, then I will follow.”
― Iron Flame
― Iron Flame
“Most nights, her body was commerce. She traded vacuous affection for survival. Her wounded soul, bandaged by the deceptive nature of the
Zone had served no purpose in aiding her.”
― Down and Rising
Zone had served no purpose in aiding her.”
― Down and Rising
