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When Breath Becomes Air

av Paul Kalanithi • 2016

A neurosurgeon spent years facing other people's death. Terminal lung cancer at 36 made it personal.

4.41

800 000+

🩺 Medical Memoirs 🕯️ Death And Dying ⚰️ Mortality And Meaning 🤒 Illness And Identity 📖 Narrative Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air

A neurosurgeon spent years facing other people's death. Terminal lung cancer at 36 made it personal.

av Paul Kalanithi 2016 229 sidor

4.41

800 000+ betyg

🩺 Medical Memoirs 🕯️ Death And Dying ⚰️ Mortality And Meaning 🤒 Illness And Identity 📖 Narrative Medicine

The Night in Lisbon

av Erich Maria Remarque • 1961

Lisbon, 1942. A stranded refugee meets a man who offers escape for one night of listening.

4.33

25 000+

🏳️ Wwii Refugee 💔 Doomed Lovers 🖼️ Frame Narrative 😔 Melancholy Tone ⚔️ Nazi Persecution

The Night in Lisbon

Lisbon, 1942. A stranded refugee meets a man who offers escape for one night of listening.

av Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 sidor

4.33

25 000+ betyg

🏳️ Wwii Refugee 💔 Doomed Lovers 🖼️ Frame Narrative 😔 Melancholy Tone ⚔️ Nazi Persecution

The Wall

av Marlen Haushofer • 1999

An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.

3.99

41 000+

🏔️ Literary Dystopia 💨 Quiet Apocalypse 🌿 Female Survivalist 🐕 Human Animal Bond 🏚️ Radical Isolation

The Wall

An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.

av Marlen Haushofer 1999 240 sidor

3.99

41 000+ betyg

🏔️ Literary Dystopia 💨 Quiet Apocalypse 🌿 Female Survivalist 🐕 Human Animal Bond 🏚️ Radical Isolation

Kokoro

av Natsume Sōseki • 1914

A Tokyo student obsesses over a reclusive older man whose silence guards a confession of betrayal.

4.04

43 000+

🧠 Psychological Novel 📜 Japanese Classic 🎓 Mentor Student Bond 💔 Love Triangle ✍️ Confessional Narrative

Kokoro

A Tokyo student obsesses over a reclusive older man whose silence guards a confession of betrayal.

av Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 sidor

4.04

43 000+ betyg

🧠 Psychological Novel 📜 Japanese Classic 🎓 Mentor Student Bond 💔 Love Triangle ✍️ Confessional Narrative

The Middle Passage

av James Hollis • 1993

Your midlife crisis is not a breakdown. It is the psyche evicting the false self.

4.45

2 000+

🌗 Midlife Transition 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🖤 Shadow Work 🕳️ Depth Psychology 🧩 Individuation

The Middle Passage

Your midlife crisis is not a breakdown. It is the psyche evicting the false self.

av James Hollis 1993 127 sidor

4.45

2 000+ betyg

🌗 Midlife Transition 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🖤 Shadow Work 🕳️ Depth Psychology 🧩 Individuation

The Fury

av Alex Michaelides • 2024

On a private Greek island, a storm strands seven. A gunshot. One body. The killer remains.

3.36

200 000+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌪️ Atmospheric Suspense 🕯️ Slow Burn Mystery 🎟️ Theater World

The Fury

On a private Greek island, a storm strands seven. A gunshot. One body. The killer remains.

av Alex Michaelides 2024 298 sidor

3.36

200 000+ betyg

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌪️ Atmospheric Suspense 🕯️ Slow Burn Mystery 🎟️ Theater World

Evidence of the Afterlife

av Jeffrey Long • 2010

Consciousness appears to survive the body: the largest study of near-death experience.

3.96

2 000+

✨ Near-Death Experiences 🧠 Survival Of Consciousness 🔬 Consciousness Studies 👤 Out-Of-Body Experiences 🔭 Scientific Spirituality

Evidence of the Afterlife

Consciousness appears to survive the body: the largest study of near-death experience.

av Jeffrey Long 2010 215 sidor

3.96

2 000+ betyg

✨ Near-Death Experiences 🧠 Survival Of Consciousness 🔬 Consciousness Studies 👤 Out-Of-Body Experiences 🔭 Scientific Spirituality

Until August

av Gabriel García Márquez • 2024

Each August she visits her mother's island grave. This year she does not sleep alone.

3.55

60 000+

🖤 Literary Infidelity 🌺 Midlife Awakening 💋 Married Woman's Desire 🪦 Mother's Hidden Past 🌴 Caribbean Island

Until August

Each August she visits her mother's island grave. This year she does not sleep alone.

av Gabriel García Márquez 2024 144 sidor

3.55

60 000+ betyg

🖤 Literary Infidelity 🌺 Midlife Awakening 💋 Married Woman's Desire 🪦 Mother's Hidden Past 🌴 Caribbean Island

The Suicide Shop

av Jean Teulé • 2008

A suicide shop's gloom business is upended when the owner's youngest son is born smiling.

3.46

25 000+

🖤 Dark Humor 💀 Whimsical Death 🌞 Relentless Optimist 📖 Satirical Fable 🌍 In Translation

The Suicide Shop

A suicide shop's gloom business is upended when the owner's youngest son is born smiling.

av Jean Teulé 2008 169 sidor

3.46

25 000+ betyg

🖤 Dark Humor 💀 Whimsical Death 🌞 Relentless Optimist 📖 Satirical Fable 🌍 In Translation

Steglitsan

av Donna Tartt • 2013

In the rubble of the bombing that killed his mother, a boy steals a priceless painting.

3.96

1 000 000+

🖼️ Stolen Masterpiece 📖 Dickensian Contemporary ☠️ Toxic Friendship ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪑 Antiques And Art

Steglitsan

In the rubble of the bombing that killed his mother, a boy steals a priceless painting.

av Donna Tartt 2013 771 sidor

3.96

1 000 000+ betyg

🖼️ Stolen Masterpiece 📖 Dickensian Contemporary ☠️ Toxic Friendship ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪑 Antiques And Art

When the World Was Ours

av Liz Kessler • 2021

Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.

4.51

6 000+

😢 Holocaust Fiction 💔 War-Torn Friendship 🧠 Indoctrination ✈️ Escape And Exile 💭 Survivor Guilt

When the World Was Ours

Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.

av Liz Kessler 2021 352 sidor

4.51

6 000+ betyg

😢 Holocaust Fiction 💔 War-Torn Friendship 🧠 Indoctrination ✈️ Escape And Exile 💭 Survivor Guilt

Crossroads

av Devney Perry • 2024

She buys her first love's ranch. Now he works for her, and their unfinished love reignites.

4.07

99 000+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🐴 Ranch Life

Crossroads

She buys her first love's ranch. Now he works for her, and their unfinished love reignites.

av Devney Perry 2024 300 sidor

4.07

99 000+ betyg

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🐴 Ranch Life

Slammed

av Colleen Hoover • 2012

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

4.14

400 000+

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

Slammed

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

av Colleen Hoover 2012 354 sidor

4.14

400 000+ betyg

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

The Life of a Stupid Man

av Ryūnosuke Akutagawa • 1927

A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.

3.67

11 000+

📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🧬 Family Madness 🌌 Cosmic Irony

The Life of a Stupid Man

A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.

av Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 1927 55 sidor

3.67

11 000+ betyg

📖 Autobiographical Fiction 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🧬 Family Madness 🌌 Cosmic Irony

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

av Alison Espach • 2022

A teenager loses her older sister in a crash, then spends years confessing to her ghost.

3.81

41 000+

👯 Sister Bond 🪦 Sibling Loss 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Grief 💔 Complicated Love

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

A teenager loses her older sister in a crash, then spends years confessing to her ghost.

av Alison Espach 2022 352 sidor

3.81

41 000+ betyg

👯 Sister Bond 🪦 Sibling Loss 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Grief 💔 Complicated Love

First They Killed My Father

av Loung Ung • 2000

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

4.36

55 000+

💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor 🕯️ Genocide Testimony 💔 Family Separation

First They Killed My Father

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

av Loung Ung 2000 288 sidor

4.36

55 000+ betyg

💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor 🕯️ Genocide Testimony 💔 Family Separation

Aller Retour

av Yves Beauchesne

Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.

2.43

119

🏃 Runaway Story 🩵 Found Family 💔 Orphaned Protagonist ⚠️ Abusive Guardian 🌱 Quiet Resilience

Aller Retour

Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.

av Yves Beauchesne 144 sidor

2.43

119 betyg

🏃 Runaway Story 🩵 Found Family 💔 Orphaned Protagonist ⚠️ Abusive Guardian 🌱 Quiet Resilience

Giovannis rum

av James Baldwin • 1956

An American in Paris falls for a bartender, then chooses his fiancée over himself.

4.34

200 000+

🖤 Tragic Queer Love 😔 Internalized Shame 🚪 Closeted Protagonist 🗼 American In Paris ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Giovannis rum

An American in Paris falls for a bartender, then chooses his fiancée over himself.

av James Baldwin 1956 178 sidor

4.34

200 000+ betyg

🖤 Tragic Queer Love 😔 Internalized Shame 🚪 Closeted Protagonist 🗼 American In Paris ✍️ Lyrical Prose

The Worm at the Core

av Sheldon Solomon • 2015

Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.

4.10

1 000+

🧠 Existential Psychology 💀 Fear Of Death 🪦 Death Denial 🏛️ Symbolic Immortality 🌍 Cultural Worldviews

The Worm at the Core

Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.

av Sheldon Solomon 2015 274 sidor

4.10

1 000+ betyg

🧠 Existential Psychology 💀 Fear Of Death 🪦 Death Denial 🏛️ Symbolic Immortality 🌍 Cultural Worldviews

Vitt brus

av Don DeLillo • 1985

A chemical cloud, a wife's hidden pills, and a professor whose subject is death itself.

3.86

100 000+

🎭 Postmodern Satire 🏫 Campus Novel 🛒 Consumer Culture 📺 Media Satire 💀 Death Anxiety

Vitt brus

A chemical cloud, a wife's hidden pills, and a professor whose subject is death itself.

av Don DeLillo 1985 320 sidor

3.86

100 000+ betyg

🎭 Postmodern Satire 🏫 Campus Novel 🛒 Consumer Culture 📺 Media Satire 💀 Death Anxiety

No Death, No Fear

av Thich Nhat Hanh • 2002

Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.

4.22

6 000+

🧘 Zen Buddhism 💀 Fear Of Death 🕊️ Grief Healing 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 🍂 Impermanence

No Death, No Fear

Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.

av Thich Nhat Hanh 2002 210 sidor

4.22

6 000+ betyg

🧘 Zen Buddhism 💀 Fear Of Death 🕊️ Grief Healing 🧠 Mindfulness Meditation 🍂 Impermanence

A Sky Beyond the Storm

av Sabaa Tahir • 2020

Three scattered allies face a jinn whose ancient grief could drown the world in suffering.

4.28

84 000+

🏛️ Roman-Inspired Fantasy 🔥 Jinn Mythology 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🔄 Cycle Of Violence 💔 Redemptive Sacrifice

A Sky Beyond the Storm

Three scattered allies face a jinn whose ancient grief could drown the world in suffering.

av Sabaa Tahir 2020 544 sidor

4.28

84 000+ betyg

🏛️ Roman-Inspired Fantasy 🔥 Jinn Mythology 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🔄 Cycle Of Violence 💔 Redemptive Sacrifice

Veronika bestämmer sig för att dö

av Paulo Coelho • 1998

After a suicide attempt, a woman wakes in a mental hospital with days to live.

3.74

200 000+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💀 Mortality Awakening 🏃 Institutional Escape 🤔 Existential Reflection

Veronika bestämmer sig för att dö

After a suicide attempt, a woman wakes in a mental hospital with days to live.

av Paulo Coelho 1998

3.74

200 000+ betyg

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💀 Mortality Awakening 🏃 Institutional Escape 🤔 Existential Reflection

Firefly Lane

av Kristin Hannah • 2008

Best friends since fourteen, Kate and Tully navigate thirty years of love, ambition, and loss.

4.20

400 000+

🤝 Opposite Best Friends 🦋 Friendship Saga ⚖️ Ambition Vs Family 😢 Tearjerker Ending 💔 Mother Wounds

Firefly Lane

Best friends since fourteen, Kate and Tully navigate thirty years of love, ambition, and loss.

av Kristin Hannah 2008 479 sidor

4.20

400 000+ betyg

🤝 Opposite Best Friends 🦋 Friendship Saga ⚖️ Ambition Vs Family 😢 Tearjerker Ending 💔 Mother Wounds

A Fraction of the Whole

av Steve Toltz • 2008

Jasper Dean's father was a philosopher in prison, his uncle a vigilante the country wanted dead.

4.14

24 000+

🖤 Dark Family Saga 👥 Father And Son 💀 Dark Humor 🎪 Eccentric Family 🧬 Generational Trauma

A Fraction of the Whole

Jasper Dean's father was a philosopher in prison, his uncle a vigilante the country wanted dead.

av Steve Toltz 2008 530 sidor

4.14

24 000+ betyg

🖤 Dark Family Saga 👥 Father And Son 💀 Dark Humor 🎪 Eccentric Family 🧬 Generational Trauma

Det bästa inom mig

av Nicholas Sparks • 2010

At a hometown funeral, he sees his first love again. She's married; he's still hers.

3.99

100 000+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Tragic Romance ↔️ Opposites Attract 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice

Det bästa inom mig

At a hometown funeral, he sees his first love again. She's married; he's still hers.

av Nicholas Sparks 2010 292 sidor

3.99

100 000+ betyg

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Tragic Romance ↔️ Opposites Attract 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice

The Psychopath Next Door

av Mark Edwards • 2025

A vengeful ex-con moves next door and finds a kindred spirit in a family's twelve-year-old daughter.

3.95

28 000+

🏡 Psychopath Neighbor 🔪 Female Psychopath 🕸️ Twisted Mentorship 🧩 Disturbed Child 🏚️ Abandoned Asylum

The Psychopath Next Door

A vengeful ex-con moves next door and finds a kindred spirit in a family's twelve-year-old daughter.

av Mark Edwards 2025 340 sidor

3.95

28 000+ betyg

🏡 Psychopath Neighbor 🔪 Female Psychopath 🕸️ Twisted Mentorship 🧩 Disturbed Child 🏚️ Abandoned Asylum

To Selena, With Love

av Chris Pérez • 2012

A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.

4.65

9 000+

🎸 Music Memoirs 💔 Grief And Loss 🎤 Behind The Music 🌟 Cultural Icons 🌎 Latino Memoirs

To Selena, With Love

A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.

av Chris Pérez 2012 304 sidor

4.65

9 000+ betyg

🎸 Music Memoirs 💔 Grief And Loss 🎤 Behind The Music 🌟 Cultural Icons 🌎 Latino Memoirs

I Had That Same Dream Again

av Yoru Sumino • 2016

A schoolgirl seeks the meaning of happiness from three mysterious women who vanish without a trace.

4.24

4 000+

📖 Japanese Light Novel 🤔 Philosophical Fiction 👧 Child Protagonist 🤝 Intergenerational Bond 🍂 Bittersweet

I Had That Same Dream Again

A schoolgirl seeks the meaning of happiness from three mysterious women who vanish without a trace.

av Yoru Sumino 2016 232 sidor

4.24

4 000+ betyg

📖 Japanese Light Novel 🤔 Philosophical Fiction 👧 Child Protagonist 🤝 Intergenerational Bond 🍂 Bittersweet

Little Bee

av Chris Cleave • 2008

Fresh out of detention, a Nigerian refugee finds the woman who once looked away.

3.72

200 000+

🏃 Refugee Narrative 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🛂 Immigration System 🕰️ Dual Timelines

Little Bee

Fresh out of detention, a Nigerian refugee finds the woman who once looked away.

av Chris Cleave 2008 271 sidor

3.72

200 000+ betyg

🏃 Refugee Narrative 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🛂 Immigration System 🕰️ Dual Timelines

Crying in H Mart

av Michelle Zauner • 2021

A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.

4.23

600 000+

🍜 Food Memoir 🪦 Grief Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Parental Caregiving

Crying in H Mart

A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.

av Michelle Zauner 2021 256 sidor

4.23

600 000+ betyg

🍜 Food Memoir 🪦 Grief Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Parental Caregiving

Walk Two Moons

av Sharon Creech • 1994

Driving west with her grandparents, a girl tells the story of a friend whose mother disappeared.

4.00

100 000+

🚗 Grandparent Road Trip 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 📝 Mysterious Notes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Frame Story

Walk Two Moons

Driving west with her grandparents, a girl tells the story of a friend whose mother disappeared.

av Sharon Creech 1994 280 sidor

4.00

100 000+ betyg

🚗 Grandparent Road Trip 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 📝 Mysterious Notes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Frame Story

Still Alice

av Lisa Genova • 2007

Facing early Alzheimer's, a brilliant linguist plans her final exit. But she's forgetting the plan.

4.32

300 000+

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 🫂 Caregiver Family 💡 Brilliant Mind Fading 🧬 Genetic Inheritance 🧡 Mother Daughter Relationship

Still Alice

Facing early Alzheimer's, a brilliant linguist plans her final exit. But she's forgetting the plan.

av Lisa Genova 2007 292 sidor

4.32

300 000+ betyg

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 🫂 Caregiver Family 💡 Brilliant Mind Fading 🧬 Genetic Inheritance 🧡 Mother Daughter Relationship

Apocalypse Z

av Manel Loureiro • 2012

Alone with his cat in a barricaded house, a widower blogs the zombie apocalypse engulfing Spain.

3.89

16 000+

🖤 Epistolary Horror 💔 Grieving Widower 🐈 Cat Companion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Psychological Horror

Apocalypse Z

Alone with his cat in a barricaded house, a widower blogs the zombie apocalypse engulfing Spain.

av Manel Loureiro 2012 397 sidor

3.89

16 000+ betyg

🖤 Epistolary Horror 💔 Grieving Widower 🐈 Cat Companion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Psychological Horror

It's OK That You're Not OK

av Megan Devine • 2017

Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.

4.35

15 000+

🕯️ Grief And Loss 🤲 Grief Acceptance 🔄 Non-Linear Grief 👁️ Bearing Witness 🎨 Creative Grief Work

It's OK That You're Not OK

Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.

av Megan Devine 2017 282 sidor

4.35

15 000+ betyg

🕯️ Grief And Loss 🤲 Grief Acceptance 🔄 Non-Linear Grief 👁️ Bearing Witness 🎨 Creative Grief Work

Thousand Cranes

av Yasunari Kawabata • 1952

His late father's mistresses haunt a young man's search for love in postwar Japan.

3.69

15 000+

🍵 Tea Ceremony 🇯🇵 Postwar Japan 🍂 Mono No Aware 💔 Father's Mistress 🕰️ Generational Guilt

Thousand Cranes

His late father's mistresses haunt a young man's search for love in postwar Japan.

av Yasunari Kawabata 1952 147 sidor

3.69

15 000+ betyg

🍵 Tea Ceremony 🇯🇵 Postwar Japan 🍂 Mono No Aware 💔 Father's Mistress 🕰️ Generational Guilt

Spiritual Warfare

av Jed McKenna • 2007

Enlightenment is a bedtime story. Death awareness is the only practice that works.

4.56

500+

🕉️ Nondual Spirituality 💀 Death Awareness 🎭 Spiritual Bypassing 🧊 Ego Transcendence 🔍 Self-Inquiry

Spiritual Warfare

Enlightenment is a bedtime story. Death awareness is the only practice that works.

av Jed McKenna 2007 328 sidor

4.56

500+ betyg

🕉️ Nondual Spirituality 💀 Death Awareness 🎭 Spiritual Bypassing 🧊 Ego Transcendence 🔍 Self-Inquiry

The Salt Path

av Raynor Winn • 2018

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

3.93

100 000+

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness 🌿 Nature And Healing 💍 Marriage Memoirs

The Salt Path

Penniless, homeless, with a terminal diagnosis: a couple walks England's 630-mile coast path.

av Raynor Winn 2018 288 sidor

3.93

100 000+ betyg

🥾 Long-Distance Hiking 🏚️ Homelessness Narrative 💔 Terminal Illness 🌿 Nature And Healing 💍 Marriage Memoirs

Lullaby

av Chuck Palahniuk • 2002

A lethal lullaby lets a reporter kill with a thought. He hunts every copy with a witch.

3.74

100 000+

🔪 Transgressive Fiction 🎭 Satirical Horror 📖 Cursed Text 🚗 Road Trip To Hell 🖤 Morally Bankrupt Cast

Lullaby

A lethal lullaby lets a reporter kill with a thought. He hunts every copy with a witch.

av Chuck Palahniuk 2002 260 sidor

3.74

100 000+ betyg

🔪 Transgressive Fiction 🎭 Satirical Horror 📖 Cursed Text 🚗 Road Trip To Hell 🖤 Morally Bankrupt Cast

Ariel

av Sylvia Plath • 1965

A poet confronts a dead father, domestic suffocation, and the pull of death in blazing verse.

4.18

90 000+

🖊️ Confessional Poetry ✊ Feminist Classic 🔪 Female Rage 🔥 Death And Rebirth 👶 Motherhood Poetry

Ariel

A poet confronts a dead father, domestic suffocation, and the pull of death in blazing verse.

av Sylvia Plath 1965 128 sidor

4.18

90 000+ betyg

🖊️ Confessional Poetry ✊ Feminist Classic 🔪 Female Rage 🔥 Death And Rebirth 👶 Motherhood Poetry

The Sheltering Sky

av Paul Bowles • 1949

Post-war North Africa: a drifting American couple finds the desert as empty as their marriage.

3.88

31 000+

🌫️ Existential Despair 💔 Marital Decay 🏜️ Desert Isolation 🎭 Identity Dissolution 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

The Sheltering Sky

Post-war North Africa: a drifting American couple finds the desert as empty as their marriage.

av Paul Bowles 1949 342 sidor

3.88

31 000+ betyg

🌫️ Existential Despair 💔 Marital Decay 🏜️ Desert Isolation 🎭 Identity Dissolution 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Kira-Kira

av Cynthia Kadohata • 2004

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

3.98

28 000+

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

Kira-Kira

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

av Cynthia Kadohata 2004 291 sidor

3.98

28 000+ betyg

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

Desperation

av Stephen King • 1996

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

3.86

100 000+

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

Desperation

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

av Stephen King 1996 547 sidor

3.86

100 000+ betyg

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

Till The Last Breath

av Durjoy Datta • 2013

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

3.97

7 000+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

Till The Last Breath

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

av Durjoy Datta 2013 237 sidor

3.97

7 000+ betyg

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

Messages from the Masters

av Brian L. Weiss • 1999

Past-life memories can heal present wounds. A pioneering psychiatrist shows you how to access yours.

4.35

6 000+

🔮 Past Life Regression 👻 Afterlife Communication ✨ Soul Immortality ⚡ Energy Healing 🧠 Spiritual Psychology

Messages from the Masters

Past-life memories can heal present wounds. A pioneering psychiatrist shows you how to access yours.

av Brian L. Weiss 1999 262 sidor

4.35

6 000+ betyg

🔮 Past Life Regression 👻 Afterlife Communication ✨ Soul Immortality ⚡ Energy Healing 🧠 Spiritual Psychology

Staring at the Sun

av Irvin D. Yalom • 2008

Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.

4.23

16 000+

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Staring at the Sun

Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.

av Irvin D. Yalom 2008 306 sidor

4.23

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The Only Survivors

av Megan Miranda • 2023

When a dead survivor's phone surfaces at the annual reunion, Cassidy discovers someone is watching.

3.54

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The Only Survivors

When a dead survivor's phone surfaces at the annual reunion, Cassidy discovers someone is watching.

av Megan Miranda 2023 339 sidor

3.54

89 000+ betyg

🔍 Psychological Suspense 😔 Survivor Guilt 🤝 Trauma-Bonded Friends 🧠 Unreliable Memories 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

Don Juan

av Molière • 2001

He worships pleasure, mocks heaven, invites a dead man's statue to dinner. The stone nods.

3.55

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Don Juan

He worships pleasure, mocks heaven, invites a dead man's statue to dinner. The stone nods.

av Molière 2001 146 sidor

3.55

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The Courage to Be

av Paul Tillich • 1952

Anxiety is the awareness you might not exist. Courage is the act that says yes anyway.

4.09

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The Courage to Be

Anxiety is the awareness you might not exist. Courage is the act that says yes anyway.

av Paul Tillich 1952 200 sidor

4.09

3 000+ betyg

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The Book of Elsewhere

av Keanu Reeves • 2024

He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.

3.30

10 000+

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The Book of Elsewhere

He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.

av Keanu Reeves 2024 352 sidor

3.30

10 000+ betyg

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