💔 Disordered Loves

An exploration of misplaced affections and inverted priorities — what happens when we love the wrong things, or love the right things in the wrong order. Often rooted in theological or philosophical reflection.

Love Relations

by Otto F. Kernberg • 1998

Aggression is built into love from infancy. Mature love means holding both forces at once.

4.02

195

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🧱 Object Relations 💕 Psychology Of Love 🔥 Erotic Desire 🪞 Narcissism And Love

Love Relations 88%

Aggression is built into love from infancy. Mature love means holding both forces at once.

by Otto F. Kernberg 1998

4.02

195 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🧱 Object Relations 💕 Psychology Of Love 🔥 Erotic Desire 🪞 Narcissism And Love

Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

3.68

149k+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Big Swiss 88%

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

by Jen Beagin 2023

3.68

149k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Milk Fed

by Melissa Broder • 2021

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

3.55

81k+

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Milk Fed 88%

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

by Melissa Broder 2021

3.55

81k+ ratings

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Keeping Her Under

by Miranda Grant

An anesthesiologist induces his patient's coma to possess her. Her awakening is his reckoning.

3.16

530

🩸 Erotic Horror ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🖤 Trauma Bond 👤 Villain Protagonist 😢 Tragic Romance

Keeping Her Under 87%

An anesthesiologist induces his patient's coma to possess her. Her awakening is his reckoning.

by Miranda Grant

3.16

530 ratings

🩸 Erotic Horror ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🖤 Trauma Bond 👤 Villain Protagonist 😢 Tragic Romance

Love and Limerence

by Dorothy Tennov • 1979

'Being in love' is not love: a distinct state fueled by uncertainty, not security.

3.91

1k+

🫀 Romantic Obsession 💭 Romantic Idealization 💔 Unrequited Love 🔗 Emotional Dependency 📚 Romantic Love Studies

Love and Limerence 87%

'Being in love' is not love: a distinct state fueled by uncertainty, not security.

by Dorothy Tennov 1979

3.91

1k+ ratings

🫀 Romantic Obsession 💭 Romantic Idealization 💔 Unrequited Love 🔗 Emotional Dependency 📚 Romantic Love Studies

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

by Anonymous • 2006

A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.

2.71

77k+

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🕸️ Love As Control 🥀 Self-Destructive Lead 🥃 Addiction And Recovery 🌅 Redemption Arc

Diary of an Oxygen Thief 87%

A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.

by Anonymous 2006

2.71

77k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🕸️ Love As Control 🥀 Self-Destructive Lead 🥃 Addiction And Recovery 🌅 Redemption Arc

Black Iris

by Leah Raeder • 2015

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

3.71

6k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

Black Iris 87%

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

by Leah Raeder 2015

3.71

6k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

The Truth

by Neil Strauss • 2015

He was a master of seduction. His real problem: he couldn't let anyone get close.

4.11

8k+

🧩 Non-Monogamy 🔗 Sex Addiction 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Attachment Theory 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

The Truth 87%

He was a master of seduction. His real problem: he couldn't let anyone get close.

by Neil Strauss 2015

4.11

8k+ ratings

🧩 Non-Monogamy 🔗 Sex Addiction 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Attachment Theory 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

The Happy Couple

by Naoise Dolan • 2023

Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.

3.32

20k+

🔍 Relationship Autopsy 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 😏 Dark Humor 🖤 Melancholy Romance 🕸️ Entangled Exes

The Happy Couple 87%

Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.

by Naoise Dolan 2023

3.32

20k+ ratings

🔍 Relationship Autopsy 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 😏 Dark Humor 🖤 Melancholy Romance 🕸️ Entangled Exes

The Knight and the Butcherbird

by Alix E. Harrow • 2025

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

3.99

13k+

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

The Knight and the Butcherbird 87%

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

by Alix E. Harrow 2025

3.99

13k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

by Robert A. Johnson • 1983

Love feels divine because you're projecting your soul onto another person. A myth shows the cure.

4.20

2k+

🧠 Jungian Psychology ❤️ Psychology Of Love 👤 Anima Projection 🧩 Individuation 🕯️ Sacred Longing

We 87%

Love feels divine because you're projecting your soul onto another person. A myth shows the cure.

by Robert A. Johnson 1983

4.20

2k+ ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology ❤️ Psychology Of Love 👤 Anima Projection 🧩 Individuation 🕯️ Sacred Longing

Tirant lo Blanc

by Joanot Martorell • 1490

A dying empire pins its hopes on one knight. The emperor's daughter pins his heart.

3.00

4k+

🏰 Chivalric Romance 🎭 Courtly Intrigue 💔 Tragic Romance 💊 Lovesickness 🔥 Erotic Classic

Tirant lo Blanc 87%

A dying empire pins its hopes on one knight. The emperor's daughter pins his heart.

by Joanot Martorell 1490

3.00

4k+ ratings

🏰 Chivalric Romance 🎭 Courtly Intrigue 💔 Tragic Romance 💊 Lovesickness 🔥 Erotic Classic

How To Think More About Sex

by Alain de Botton • 2012

Love and desire often can't coexist. The problem isn't you; it's the ideal.

3.47

6k+

🧠 Sexual Psychology 💘 Modern Love 🧩 Relationship Realism 📽️ Pornography Critique 📚 Philosophical Self-Help

How To Think More About Sex 86%

Love and desire often can't coexist. The problem isn't you; it's the ideal.

by Alain de Botton 2012

3.47

6k+ ratings

🧠 Sexual Psychology 💘 Modern Love 🧩 Relationship Realism 📽️ Pornography Critique 📚 Philosophical Self-Help

The Misfits

by Colin Wilson • 1988

De Sade, Byron, and the 'perverts' who followed weren't just deviants but mystics chasing intensity.

3.69

121

🔗 Sexual Deviance 🧠 Philosophy Of Sex 📜 Cultural History 📚 Literary Criticism 🧍 Existential Psychology

The Misfits 86%

De Sade, Byron, and the 'perverts' who followed weren't just deviants but mystics chasing intensity.

by Colin Wilson 1988

3.69

121 ratings

🔗 Sexual Deviance 🧠 Philosophy Of Sex 📜 Cultural History 📚 Literary Criticism 🧍 Existential Psychology

Sutton Asylum

by Kinsley Kincaid • 2023

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

3.21

2k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

Sutton Asylum 86%

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

by Kinsley Kincaid 2023

3.21

2k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney • 2017

A young poet's secret affair with a married actor unravels the friendship she once called love.

3.73

622k+

💔 Extramarital Affair 🏛️ Class Tensions 💜 Bisexual Protagonist ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

Conversations with Friends 86%

A young poet's secret affair with a married actor unravels the friendship she once called love.

by Sally Rooney 2017

3.73

622k+ ratings

💔 Extramarital Affair 🏛️ Class Tensions 💜 Bisexual Protagonist ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

Woman Who Love Too Much

by Robin Norwood

It feels like love but works like an addiction, and the needle was loaded in childhood.

4.03

🪢 Codependency 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🦸 Savior Complex 🧩 Childhood Trauma

Woman Who Love Too Much 86%

It feels like love but works like an addiction, and the needle was loaded in childhood.

by Robin Norwood

4.03

78 ratings

🪢 Codependency 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🦸 Savior Complex 🧩 Childhood Trauma

Love Is a Dog from Hell

by Charles Bukowski • 1977

What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.

3.95

39k+

🖊️ Confessional Poetry 🏚️ Dirty Realism 🍺 Alcoholism 🌑 Existential Despair 💔 Toxic Relationships

Love Is a Dog from Hell 86%

What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.

by Charles Bukowski 1977

3.95

39k+ ratings

🖊️ Confessional Poetry 🏚️ Dirty Realism 🍺 Alcoholism 🌑 Existential Despair 💔 Toxic Relationships

Letters to Milena

by Franz Kafka • 1952

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

3.93

26k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love 🫁 Love And Illness 🗺️ Longing And Distance

Letters to Milena 86%

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

by Franz Kafka 1952

3.93

26k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love 🫁 Love And Illness 🗺️ Longing And Distance

My Darling Dreadful Thing

by Johanna van Veen • 2024

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

3.85

21k+

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

My Darling Dreadful Thing 86%

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

by Johanna van Veen 2024

3.85

21k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

The Four Loves

by C.S. Lewis • 1960

Love has four faces. Each one, taken as your god, turns monstrous.

4.16

69k+

💒 Christian Theology 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🏷️ Types Of Love ✝️ Christian Ethics 🙏 Spiritual Formation

The Four Loves 86%

Love has four faces. Each one, taken as your god, turns monstrous.

by C.S. Lewis 1960

4.16

69k+ ratings

💒 Christian Theology 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🏷️ Types Of Love ✝️ Christian Ethics 🙏 Spiritual Formation

The Designing for Growth Field Book

by Jeanne Liedtka • 2013

A school falls under one student's spell. The destruction his charm leaves behind is just beginning.

4.05

153

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Dark Charisma 💔 Forbidden Affairs 🔺 Love Triangles 🕯️ Gothic Tradition

The Designing for Growth Field Book Summary

The Designing for Growth Field Book 86%

A school falls under one student's spell. The destruction his charm leaves behind is just beginning.

by Jeanne Liedtka 2013

4.05

153 ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Dark Charisma 💔 Forbidden Affairs 🔺 Love Triangles 🕯️ Gothic Tradition

Fairest

by Marissa Meyer • 2015

Masking her scars with glamour, a Lunar princess schemes to possess the guard she obsesses over.

3.94

156k+

🖤 Villain Origin 🌑 Dark Fairytale ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Obsessive Love 💍 Forced Marriage

Fairest 86%

Masking her scars with glamour, a Lunar princess schemes to possess the guard she obsesses over.

by Marissa Meyer 2015

3.94

156k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin 🌑 Dark Fairytale ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Obsessive Love 💍 Forced Marriage

you left me on read

by akhira • 2023

When the reply never arrives, the answer is the one you give yourself.

3.73

1k+

💌 Modern Love 📝 Instapoetry 💔 Unrequited Love 🩹 Heartbreak Recovery 💎 Self-Worth Journey

you left me on read 86%

When the reply never arrives, the answer is the one you give yourself.

by akhira 2023

3.73

1k+ ratings

💌 Modern Love 📝 Instapoetry 💔 Unrequited Love 🩹 Heartbreak Recovery 💎 Self-Worth Journey

Confessions of a Mask

by Yukio Mishima • 1949

In imperial Japan, a young man's mask of conformity is threatened by his forbidden desires.

3.95

41k+

📖 I-Novel 📝 Confessional Narrative 🍎 Forbidden Desire 💔 Unrequited Love 🌱 Sexual Awakening

Confessions of a Mask 86%

In imperial Japan, a young man's mask of conformity is threatened by his forbidden desires.

by Yukio Mishima 1949

3.95

41k+ ratings

📖 I-Novel 📝 Confessional Narrative 🍎 Forbidden Desire 💔 Unrequited Love 🌱 Sexual Awakening

Normal People

by Sally Rooney • 2021

A popular boy and a lonely girl hide a bond that follows them to university.

4.58

3k+

🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🎓 Campus Novel 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Normal People 86%

A popular boy and a lonely girl hide a bond that follows them to university.

by Sally Rooney 2021

4.58

3k+ ratings

🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🎓 Campus Novel 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Adam and Eve After the Pill

by Mary Eberstadt • 2012

The sexual revolution promised freedom but delivered misery to women, children, and the poor.

3.95

512

🏴 Sexual Revolution ✝️ Catholic Social Thought 🔗 Hookup Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism 💔 Decline Of Marriage

Adam and Eve After the Pill 86%

The sexual revolution promised freedom but delivered misery to women, children, and the poor.

by Mary Eberstadt 2012

3.95

512 ratings

🏴 Sexual Revolution ✝️ Catholic Social Thought 🔗 Hookup Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism 💔 Decline Of Marriage

Bells

by K.G. Reuss • 2023

Four broken boys rule an asylum-academy, and the girl sent to manipulate them plays for keeps.

4.02

4k+

🖤 Dark Why Choose 💔 Trauma Bonded 🎭 Manipulative Heroine 🔥 Toxic Obsession 🏥 Asylum Setting

Bells 86%

Four broken boys rule an asylum-academy, and the girl sent to manipulate them plays for keeps.

by K.G. Reuss 2023

4.02

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Why Choose 💔 Trauma Bonded 🎭 Manipulative Heroine 🔥 Toxic Obsession 🏥 Asylum Setting

The Red Winter

by Cameron Sullivan • 2026

An immortal magician hunts the Beast that stole his lover and now curses their son.

3.98

8k+

🖤 Doomed Queer Love 🔥 Inner Demon 🐺 Monstrous Transformation 🌊 Fey Bargains ⛪ Religious Corruption

The Red Winter 86%

An immortal magician hunts the Beast that stole his lover and now curses their son.

by Cameron Sullivan 2026

3.98

8k+ ratings

🖤 Doomed Queer Love 🔥 Inner Demon 🐺 Monstrous Transformation 🌊 Fey Bargains ⛪ Religious Corruption

Libido Dominandi

by E. Michael Jones • 1999

The sexual revolution didn't free us. It handed the controllers a new way to own our desires.

4.28

292

🚻 Sexual Politics 🧠 Social Engineering 📖 History Of Sexuality 📢 Advertising And Desire 🧬 Eugenics History

Libido Dominandi 86%

The sexual revolution didn't free us. It handed the controllers a new way to own our desires.

by E. Michael Jones 1999

4.28

292 ratings

🚻 Sexual Politics 🧠 Social Engineering 📖 History Of Sexuality 📢 Advertising And Desire 🧬 Eugenics History

Sounds Fake But Okay

by Sarah Costello • 2023

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

3.66

1k+

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy 🔀 Relationship Anarchy 📚 Queer Theory

Sounds Fake But Okay 86%

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

by Sarah Costello 2023

3.66

1k+ ratings

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy 🔀 Relationship Anarchy 📚 Queer Theory

Is It Ever Just Sex?

by Darian Leader • 2023

A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.

3.37

479

📚 Psychoanalytic Theory 🌍 Sex And Culture 👶 Childhood Sexuality 😈 Guilt And Desire 🚻 Heteronormativity

Is It Ever Just Sex? 86%

A psychoanalyst argues sex is not about pleasure: a stage for infantile anxieties, guilt, and power.

by Darian Leader 2023

3.37

479 ratings

📚 Psychoanalytic Theory 🌍 Sex And Culture 👶 Childhood Sexuality 😈 Guilt And Desire 🚻 Heteronormativity

All About Love

by bell hooks • 1999

You call it love, but if it hurts, neglects, or controls, it is something else entirely.

4.00

141k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Love 💗 Love As Practice 💭 Emotional Literacy 🪞 Self-Love Work 👥 Friendship As Love

All About Love 86%

You call it love, but if it hurts, neglects, or controls, it is something else entirely.

by bell hooks 1999

4.00

141k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Love 💗 Love As Practice 💭 Emotional Literacy 🪞 Self-Love Work 👥 Friendship As Love

The Transit of Venus

by Shirley Hazzard • 1980

An Australian orphan loves a playwright she cannot have, blind to the astronomer who waits.

4.01

5k+

🎭 Literary Tragedy 💔 Doomed Affair 🥺 Unrequited Love 🥀 Quiet Devastation 🇬🇧 Postwar England

The Transit of Venus 86%

An Australian orphan loves a playwright she cannot have, blind to the astronomer who waits.

by Shirley Hazzard 1980

4.01

5k+ ratings

🎭 Literary Tragedy 💔 Doomed Affair 🥺 Unrequited Love 🥀 Quiet Devastation 🇬🇧 Postwar England

All Hail Chaos

by Sarah Rees Brennan • 2026

A dying fan wakes in her favorite book as the villainess everyone wants dead.

4.14

2k+

🌐 Meta Fantasy 👑 Villainess Protagonist 📖 Reader Trapped In Book ⚔️ Corrupted Chosen One 🖤 Dark Romantasy

All Hail Chaos 86%

A dying fan wakes in her favorite book as the villainess everyone wants dead.

by Sarah Rees Brennan 2026

4.14

2k+ ratings

🌐 Meta Fantasy 👑 Villainess Protagonist 📖 Reader Trapped In Book ⚔️ Corrupted Chosen One 🖤 Dark Romantasy

If Love Could Think

by Alon Gratch • 2005

You keep falling for the wrong person. The real pattern is inside your head, not theirs.

3.81

179

🧠 Relationship Psychology 🔄 Relationship Patterns 🚪 Fear Of Intimacy 🔁 Self-Sabotage In Love 🔥 Intimacy And Sexuality

If Love Could Think 86%

You keep falling for the wrong person. The real pattern is inside your head, not theirs.

by Alon Gratch 2005

3.81

179 ratings

🧠 Relationship Psychology 🔄 Relationship Patterns 🚪 Fear Of Intimacy 🔁 Self-Sabotage In Love 🔥 Intimacy And Sexuality

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham • 1915

A clubfoot medical student in Edwardian London destroys his life for a waitress who feels nothing.

4.16

62k+

🔥 Obsessive Love 📖 Classic Bildungsroman 💔 Toxic Relationship 🤔 Philosophical Fiction ⏳ Edwardian England

Of Human Bondage 86%

A clubfoot medical student in Edwardian London destroys his life for a waitress who feels nothing.

by W. Somerset Maugham 1915

4.16

62k+ ratings

🔥 Obsessive Love 📖 Classic Bildungsroman 💔 Toxic Relationship 🤔 Philosophical Fiction ⏳ Edwardian England

Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II

by Pierre Alex Jeanty • 2016

The hidden emotional world of men: loneliness, hunger for love, wounds that turn them cold.

4.35

220

🖋 Modern Poetry 💔 Male Vulnerability 🔒 Unrequited Love 🌑 Male Loneliness 🩹 Healing From Infidelity

Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II Summary

Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II 86%

The hidden emotional world of men: loneliness, hunger for love, wounds that turn them cold.

by Pierre Alex Jeanty 2016

4.35

220 ratings

🖋 Modern Poetry 💔 Male Vulnerability 🔒 Unrequited Love 🌑 Male Loneliness 🩹 Healing From Infidelity

Rise of the New Empire

by Katerina St. Clair • 2024

A tyrant has her mind, two men her heart, and her pregnancy holds the empire's key.

3.99

648

💔 Love Triangle 👶 Pregnancy Prophecy 🧠 Mind Control 😈 Hero Becomes Villain 🛡️ Secret Rebellion

Rise of the New Empire 86%

A tyrant has her mind, two men her heart, and her pregnancy holds the empire's key.

by Katerina St. Clair 2024

3.99

648 ratings

💔 Love Triangle 👶 Pregnancy Prophecy 🧠 Mind Control 😈 Hero Becomes Villain 🛡️ Secret Rebellion

The Setting Sun

by Osamu Dazai • 1947

Fallen from grace in post-war Japan, she writes feverish letters to a married writer, chasing hope.

3.97

44k+

🏚 Aristocratic Decline 🇯🇵 Post-War Japan 💔 Forbidden Love 💌 Unrequited Love ✉ Epistolary

The Setting Sun 86%

Fallen from grace in post-war Japan, she writes feverish letters to a married writer, chasing hope.

by Osamu Dazai 1947

3.97

44k+ ratings

🏚 Aristocratic Decline 🇯🇵 Post-War Japan 💔 Forbidden Love 💌 Unrequited Love ✉ Epistolary

Acts of Desperation

by Megan Nolan • 2021

A young woman meets a distant man and starts trading herself for his sporadic affection.

3.70

41k+

🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Toxic Relationship 🕳️ Self-Destruction 🗣️ Confessional ⛓️ Emotional Abuse

Acts of Desperation 86%

A young woman meets a distant man and starts trading herself for his sporadic affection.

by Megan Nolan 2021

3.70

41k+ ratings

🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Toxic Relationship 🕳️ Self-Destruction 🗣️ Confessional ⛓️ Emotional Abuse

Polywise

by Jessica Fern • 2023

Polyamory isn't just new rules. It's a fundamental overhaul of how you love, fight, and grieve.

4.29

1k+

🔓 Polyamory 🧠 Attachment Theory 🔧 Relationship Repair 🧭 Differentiation 🌪️ Jealousy Management

Polywise 86%

Polyamory isn't just new rules. It's a fundamental overhaul of how you love, fight, and grieve.

by Jessica Fern 2023

4.29

1k+ ratings

🔓 Polyamory 🧠 Attachment Theory 🔧 Relationship Repair 🧭 Differentiation 🌪️ Jealousy Management

Scaffolding

by Lauren Elkin • 2024

In Paris, a grieving analyst falls for her neighbor's boyfriend: her own first love.

3.63

6k+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Fiction 💔 Affair With Ex 🌈 Queer Awakening 🥀 Melancholy Mood 🗼 Contemporary Paris

Scaffolding 86%

In Paris, a grieving analyst falls for her neighbor's boyfriend: her own first love.

by Lauren Elkin 2024

3.63

6k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Fiction 💔 Affair With Ex 🌈 Queer Awakening 🥀 Melancholy Mood 🗼 Contemporary Paris

Why Love Hurts

by Eva Illouz • 2011

Romantic misery has a blueprint. Markets and technology designed it long before you ever swiped.

3.99

2k+

💕 Sociology Of Love 🔀 Paradox Of Choice 📱 Online Dating 💍 Mate Selection 🪞 Self-Worth And Love

Why Love Hurts 86%

Romantic misery has a blueprint. Markets and technology designed it long before you ever swiped.

by Eva Illouz 2011

3.99

2k+ ratings

💕 Sociology Of Love 🔀 Paradox Of Choice 📱 Online Dating 💍 Mate Selection 🪞 Self-Worth And Love

Rethinking Sex

by Christine Emba • 2022

Consent was meant to be enough. It isn't. Why sex needs an older, more demanding rule.

3.61

1k+

🧭 Sexual Ethics 📱 Hookup Culture ⚖️ Consent Critique 😞 Sexual Dissatisfaction 👫 Heterosexual Dynamics

Rethinking Sex 86%

Consent was meant to be enough. It isn't. Why sex needs an older, more demanding rule.

by Christine Emba 2022

3.61

1k+ ratings

🧭 Sexual Ethics 📱 Hookup Culture ⚖️ Consent Critique 😞 Sexual Dissatisfaction 👫 Heterosexual Dynamics

The Forbidden

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2017

After her first reckless one-night stand, an architect discovers her magnetic stranger is married.

4.03

12k+

🚫 Forbidden Love 💔 Cheating Romance 🌙 One Night Stand 😔 Tortured Hero 💼 Workaholic Heroine

The Forbidden 86%

After her first reckless one-night stand, an architect discovers her magnetic stranger is married.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2017

4.03

12k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Love 💔 Cheating Romance 🌙 One Night Stand 😔 Tortured Hero 💼 Workaholic Heroine

Existentialism and Romantic Love

by Skye Cleary • 2015

Five existentialist philosophers on why love needs freedom and separateness, not soulmates.

4.08

🧠 Existentialism 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🤝 Relationship Authenticity 💭 Romantic Realism ⚡ Constructive Conflict

Existentialism and Romantic Love Summary

Existentialism and Romantic Love 86%

Five existentialist philosophers on why love needs freedom and separateness, not soulmates.

by Skye Cleary 2015

4.08

74 ratings

🧠 Existentialism 💕 Philosophy Of Love 🤝 Relationship Authenticity 💭 Romantic Realism ⚡ Constructive Conflict

That Mad Ache

by Françoise Sagan • 1965

A kept woman in Paris trades comfort for passion and discovers the price of wanting more.

3.99

2k+

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