💔 Unrequited Longing

The ache of loving someone who doesn't—or can't—love you back, rendered in all its exquisite, devastating detail. These stories honor the strange beauty of desire that finds no harbor.

White Nights

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky • 1848

Over four white nights, a lonely dreamer offers his heart to a girl waiting for another.

4.07

370k+

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🧍 Lonely Narrator 🌙 Chance Encounter 🕊️ Renunciation

White Nights 88%

Over four white nights, a lonely dreamer offers his heart to a girl waiting for another.

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1848

4.07

370k+ ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🧍 Lonely Narrator 🌙 Chance Encounter 🕊️ Renunciation

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 88%

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

Falling in Love Again

by Ruskin Bond • 2013

His love stories all end with a departing train and a face he will never see again.

3.64

2k+

🖤 Unrequited Love 🚂 Chance Encounters 🌅 Memory And Nostalgia 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy 🌿 Nature As Refuge

Falling in Love Again 88%

His love stories all end with a departing train and a face he will never see again.

by Ruskin Bond 2013

3.64

2k+ ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 🚂 Chance Encounters 🌅 Memory And Nostalgia 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy 🌿 Nature As Refuge

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 88%

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

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

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 87%

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

Sputnik Sweetheart

by Haruki Murakami • 1999

An unconventional Tokyo writer falls for her elegant boss and quietly vanishes on a Greek island.

3.83

184k+

🖤 Unrequited Love 🏮 Japanese Magical Realism 💔 Age Gap Relationship ✍️ Writers And Writing 🌙 Dreamlike Atmosphere

Sputnik Sweetheart 87%

An unconventional Tokyo writer falls for her elegant boss and quietly vanishes on a Greek island.

by Haruki Murakami 1999

3.83

184k+ ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 🏮 Japanese Magical Realism 💔 Age Gap Relationship ✍️ Writers And Writing 🌙 Dreamlike Atmosphere

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

Eres el amor de mi otra vida

by Gilraen Eärfalas • 2024

Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.

3.92

5k+

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👻 The One Who Got Away 👯 Female Friendship 🌫️ Melancholy Prose

Eres el amor de mi otra vida 87%

Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.

by Gilraen Eärfalas 2024

3.92

5k+ ratings

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👻 The One Who Got Away 👯 Female Friendship 🌫️ Melancholy Prose

The Blue Flower

by Penelope Fitzgerald • 1995

In 1790s Saxony, a restless philosopher sees his soul's answer in a twelve-year-old girl.

3.44

7k+

🖋️ Biographical Novel 🌹 German Romanticism 💭 Idealized Love 💔 Doomed Romance 🧠 Philosophical Fiction

The Blue Flower 87%

In 1790s Saxony, a restless philosopher sees his soul's answer in a twelve-year-old girl.

by Penelope Fitzgerald 1995

3.44

7k+ ratings

🖋️ Biographical Novel 🌹 German Romanticism 💭 Idealized Love 💔 Doomed Romance 🧠 Philosophical Fiction

If He Had Been With Me

by Laura Nowlin • 2013

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

3.78

598k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

If He Had Been With Me 86%

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

by Laura Nowlin 2013

3.78

598k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

Another Day

by David Levithan • 2015

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

3.58

27k+

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌱 Choosing Yourself 🍂 Letting Go Of Love

Another Day 86%

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

by David Levithan 2015

3.58

27k+ ratings

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌱 Choosing Yourself 🍂 Letting Go Of Love

Mr Salary

by Sally Rooney • 2016

For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.

3.73

43k+

📚 Literary Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 💭 Unspoken Attraction 💔 Dying Parent 🌧️ Melancholy

Mr Salary 86%

For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.

by Sally Rooney 2016

3.73

43k+ ratings

📚 Literary Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 💭 Unspoken Attraction 💔 Dying Parent 🌧️ Melancholy

Essays in Love

by Alain de Botton • 1993

He meets his soulmate on a Paris-London flight, then dissects the wreckage when love collapses.

3.95

35k+

📚 Philosophical Fiction ✈️ Love At First Sight 💭 Idealized Partner 💔 Doomed Relationship 😒 Jealousy And Rivalry

Essays in Love 86%

He meets his soulmate on a Paris-London flight, then dissects the wreckage when love collapses.

by Alain de Botton 1993

3.95

35k+ ratings

📚 Philosophical Fiction ✈️ Love At First Sight 💭 Idealized Partner 💔 Doomed Relationship 😒 Jealousy And Rivalry

Summer and Smoke

by Tennessee Williams • 1948

From her rectory window, she watches the doctor's son chase everything she cannot give him.

3.99

3k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 💔 Unrequited Love 🔥 Repressed Desire ⏳ Missed Connection 🪞 Divided Self

Summer and Smoke 86%

From her rectory window, she watches the doctor's son chase everything she cannot give him.

by Tennessee Williams 1948

3.99

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 💔 Unrequited Love 🔥 Repressed Desire ⏳ Missed Connection 🪞 Divided Self

The Last Valentine

by Felix Alexander • 2017

A bloodstained letter draws two friends into a secret labyrinth of love, murder, and family curses.

4.08

408

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Forbidden Romance ✉️ Love Letters 🌀 Magical Labyrinth 🥀 Gothic Romance

The Last Valentine 86%

A bloodstained letter draws two friends into a secret labyrinth of love, murder, and family curses.

by Felix Alexander 2017

4.08

408 ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Forbidden Romance ✉️ Love Letters 🌀 Magical Labyrinth 🥀 Gothic Romance

Walk the Blue Fields

by Claire Keegan • 2007

A priest marries off his love, then finds release in the hands of a stranger.

3.99

14k+

🌾 Rural Ireland 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Repressed Desire 🏝️ Isolation 🕊️ Grief

Walk the Blue Fields 86%

A priest marries off his love, then finds release in the hands of a stranger.

by Claire Keegan 2007

3.99

14k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Ireland 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Repressed Desire 🏝️ Isolation 🕊️ Grief

Fantastic Night & Other Stories

by Stefan Zweig • 1922

Between numbness and feeling: five souls in prewar Vienna discover the ache of being alive.

3.98

2k+

🧠 Psychological Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌅 Emotional Awakening 🎭 Class Divide 🌧️ Melancholy

Fantastic Night & Other Stories 86%

Between numbness and feeling: five souls in prewar Vienna discover the ache of being alive.

by Stefan Zweig 1922

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌅 Emotional Awakening 🎭 Class Divide 🌧️ Melancholy

El amor, las mujeres y la vida

by Mario Benedetti • 1995

Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.

4.21

6k+

🗺️ Latin American Poetry 💝 Love Poetry 🏠 Everyday Intimacy ⏳ Mortality And Love 🌌 Solitude And Connection

El amor, las mujeres y la vida 86%

Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.

by Mario Benedetti 1995

4.21

6k+ ratings

🗺️ Latin American Poetry 💝 Love Poetry 🏠 Everyday Intimacy ⏳ Mortality And Love 🌌 Solitude And Connection

Poor People

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1846

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

3.77

40k+

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love ❤️‍🔥 Sacrificial Love 💰 Pragmatic Marriage

Poor People 86%

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846

3.77

40k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love ❤️‍🔥 Sacrificial Love 💰 Pragmatic Marriage

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

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez • 1985

A penniless suitor waits a lifetime for his first love, who marries a celebrated doctor.

3.94

552k+

💔 Unrequited Love 🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🌧️ Melancholic Atmosphere 🏝️ Caribbean Setting 🏚️ Colonial Decay

Love in the Time of Cholera 86%

A penniless suitor waits a lifetime for his first love, who marries a celebrated doctor.

by Gabriel García Márquez 1985

3.94

552k+ ratings

💔 Unrequited Love 🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🌧️ Melancholic Atmosphere 🏝️ Caribbean Setting 🏚️ Colonial Decay

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

by Gabriel García Márquez • 2004

At ninety, a lifelong bachelor discovers love while watching a fourteen-year-old girl sleep.

3.57

99k+

📖 Literary Novella 🌅 Love In Old Age 💤 Unconsummated Love ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🌧️ Melancholy

Memories of My Melancholy Whores Summary

Memories of My Melancholy Whores 86%

At ninety, a lifelong bachelor discovers love while watching a fourteen-year-old girl sleep.

by Gabriel García Márquez 2004

3.57

99k+ ratings

📖 Literary Novella 🌅 Love In Old Age 💤 Unconsummated Love ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🌧️ Melancholy

Identity

by Milan Kundera • 1997

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

3.69

34k+

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner 🕰️ Aging And Desire 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Identity 86%

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

by Milan Kundera 1997

3.69

34k+ ratings

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner 🕰️ Aging And Desire 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

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

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

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë • 1853

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

3.78

82k+

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 😶 Repressed Protagonist 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Villette 86%

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

by Charlotte Brontë 1853

3.78

82k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 😶 Repressed Protagonist 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Il giorno in più

by Fabio Volo • 2007

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

3.46

5k+

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance ✈️ Transatlantic Love 🔄 Second Chances

Il giorno in più 86%

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

by Fabio Volo 2007

3.46

5k+ ratings

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance ✈️ Transatlantic Love 🔄 Second Chances

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man

by Ivan Turgenev • 1850

A dying nobleman chronicles a life of watching, never daring, forever unnecessary.

3.84

4k+

📜 Russian Classic 📔 Confessional Diary 💔 Unrequited Love 👁️ Alienated Observer 😔 Melancholy

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man 86%

A dying nobleman chronicles a life of watching, never daring, forever unnecessary.

by Ivan Turgenev 1850

3.84

4k+ ratings

📜 Russian Classic 📔 Confessional Diary 💔 Unrequited Love 👁️ Alienated Observer 😔 Melancholy

I Don't Love You Anymore

by Rithvik Singh • 2024

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

3.86

3k+

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey 🍂 Letting Go 📖 Gentle And Reflective

I Don't Love You Anymore 86%

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

by Rithvik Singh 2024

3.86

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey 🍂 Letting Go 📖 Gentle And Reflective

Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami • 1987

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

3.99

739k+

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy 🏥 Sanatorium 🇯🇵 Postwar Japan

Norwegian Wood 86%

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

by Haruki Murakami 1987

3.99

739k+ ratings

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy 🏥 Sanatorium 🇯🇵 Postwar Japan

Charles Dickens in Love

by Robert Garnett • 2012

Dickens' heroines didn't come from his imagination but from a broken heart and a hidden affair.

3.93

📚 Literary Biography 🕰️ Victorian Literature 💔 Unrequited Love 🎭 Secret Lives 🕊️ Loss And Creativity

Charles Dickens in Love 86%

Dickens' heroines didn't come from his imagination but from a broken heart and a hidden affair.

by Robert Garnett 2012

3.93

70 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 🕰️ Victorian Literature 💔 Unrequited Love 🎭 Secret Lives 🕊️ Loss And Creativity

Eugene Onegin

by Alexander Pushkin • 1831

A jaded aristocrat spurns a woman’s love, then a careless flirtation drives his friend to a duel.

4.11

72k+

📜 Novel In Verse 🕰️ Superfluous Man 💔 Unrequited Love ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💌 Love Letters

Eugene Onegin 86%

A jaded aristocrat spurns a woman’s love, then a careless flirtation drives his friend to a duel.

by Alexander Pushkin 1831

4.11

72k+ ratings

📜 Novel In Verse 🕰️ Superfluous Man 💔 Unrequited Love ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💌 Love Letters

The Sorrows of Young Werther

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • 1774

A young artist falls for an engaged woman, his letters tracing an obsession that consumes him.

3.70

157k+

🖤 Unrequited Love ✉️ Epistolary Narrative 🔺 Love Triangle 🌿 Nature As Mirror 🎨 Romanticism

The Sorrows of Young Werther 86%

A young artist falls for an engaged woman, his letters tracing an obsession that consumes him.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774

3.70

157k+ ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love ✉️ Epistolary Narrative 🔺 Love Triangle 🌿 Nature As Mirror 🎨 Romanticism

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy • 1895

A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.

3.84

76k+

❤️ Forbidden Love 🎓 Thwarted Ambition 💍 Marriage Critique 🌧️ Relentlessly Bleak 🕰️ Victorian England

Jude the Obscure 86%

A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.

by Thomas Hardy 1895

3.84

76k+ ratings

❤️ Forbidden Love 🎓 Thwarted Ambition 💍 Marriage Critique 🌧️ Relentlessly Bleak 🕰️ Victorian England

Call It What You Want

by Alissa DeRogatis • 2023

A college senior's no-labels romance follows her to New York, and she can't let go.

3.35

36k+

💔 Situationship 🕰️ Wrong Timing ❤️‍🩹 Commitment Issues 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Hurt-Comfort

Call It What You Want 86%

A college senior's no-labels romance follows her to New York, and she can't let go.

by Alissa DeRogatis 2023

3.35

36k+ ratings

💔 Situationship 🕰️ Wrong Timing ❤️‍🩹 Commitment Issues 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Hurt-Comfort

Bring Down the Stars

by Emma Scott • 2018

He ghostwrites his best friend's love letters, and she falls for the words, not the name.

4.21

16k+

🔺 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Admirer 🎖️ Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🏡 Small Town

Bring Down the Stars 86%

He ghostwrites his best friend's love letters, and she falls for the words, not the name.

by Emma Scott 2018

4.21

16k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Admirer 🎖️ Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🏡 Small Town

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

All Those Things We Never Said

by Marc Levy • 2008

Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.

3.87

15k+

🖤 Estranged Parent 💔 Lost First Love ✨ Speculative Romance 💌 Unsent Letters 🕯️ Processing Grief

All Those Things We Never Said 86%

Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.

by Marc Levy 2008

3.87

15k+ ratings

🖤 Estranged Parent 💔 Lost First Love ✨ Speculative Romance 💌 Unsent Letters 🕯️ Processing Grief

The Museum of Innocence

by Orhan Pamuk • 2008

An Istanbul bachelor's obsession with a lost love becomes a museum of the objects she touched.

3.78

40k+

🇹🇷 Turkish Literature 💔 Obsessive Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🌧️ Melancholy 🌆 Istanbul Setting

The Museum of Innocence 85%

An Istanbul bachelor's obsession with a lost love becomes a museum of the objects she touched.

by Orhan Pamuk 2008

3.78

40k+ ratings

🇹🇷 Turkish Literature 💔 Obsessive Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🌧️ Melancholy 🌆 Istanbul Setting

La Peau de chagrin

by Honoré de Balzac • 1831

A ruined young man in Paris receives a magic skin: every wish fulfilled, a shorter life.

3.67

12k+

🎭 Faustian Bargain 💀 Cost Of Desire 👤 Unattainable Woman 💗 Quiet Love 📖 Philosophical Fable

La Peau de chagrin 85%

A ruined young man in Paris receives a magic skin: every wish fulfilled, a shorter life.

by Honoré de Balzac 1831

3.67

12k+ ratings

🎭 Faustian Bargain 💀 Cost Of Desire 👤 Unattainable Woman 💗 Quiet Love 📖 Philosophical Fable

Deep Cuts

by Holly Brickley • 2025

She spends her twenties polishing a songwriter's genius while concealing her own longing for him.

3.60

45k+

🎸 Indie Music Scene 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎨 Muse And Artist 🌀 Messy Relationships 🫂 Chosen Family

Deep Cuts 85%

She spends her twenties polishing a songwriter's genius while concealing her own longing for him.

by Holly Brickley 2025

3.60

45k+ ratings

🎸 Indie Music Scene 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎨 Muse And Artist 🌀 Messy Relationships 🫂 Chosen Family

Slammed

by Colleen Hoover • 2012

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

4.14

454k+

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

Slammed 85%

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

by Colleen Hoover 2012

4.14

454k+ ratings

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

October Junction (Preview Edition)

by Divya Prakash Dubey

One Varanasi night, two strangers promise to meet every year; they never call it love.

4.09

3k+

📖 Literary Romance 📅 Annual Reunion ✍️ Ghostwriting 🎭 Dual Identity 💔 Melancholy Romance

October Junction (Preview Edition) Summary

October Junction (Preview Edition) 85%

One Varanasi night, two strangers promise to meet every year; they never call it love.

by Divya Prakash Dubey

4.09

3k+ ratings

📖 Literary Romance 📅 Annual Reunion ✍️ Ghostwriting 🎭 Dual Identity 💔 Melancholy Romance

Solstice of the Drowned Empire

by Frankie Diane Mallis • 2022

An abused heir hides deadly magic. At court, the woman he loves becomes his father's political pawn.

4.24

2k+

🔮 Forbidden Magic 👑 Court Intrigue 💔 Traumatized Hero 🍰 Childhood Friends 💫 Forbidden Romance

Solstice of the Drowned Empire 85%

An abused heir hides deadly magic. At court, the woman he loves becomes his father's political pawn.

by Frankie Diane Mallis 2022

4.24

2k+ ratings

🔮 Forbidden Magic 👑 Court Intrigue 💔 Traumatized Hero 🍰 Childhood Friends 💫 Forbidden Romance

Gunahon Ka Devta (गुनाहों का देवता)/ Gunaho Ka Devta

by Dharamvir Bharati • 1949

A young scholar in Allahabad loves his mentor's daughter, but duty and silence cost him everything.

4.34

6k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💔 Unspoken Love ⚖️ Duty Versus Desire 💍 Arranged Marriage 🇮🇳 Mid-Century India

Gunahon Ka Devta (गुनाहों का देवता)/ Gunaho Ka Devta Summary

Gunahon Ka Devta (गुनाहों का देवता)/ Gunaho Ka Devta 85%

A young scholar in Allahabad loves his mentor's daughter, but duty and silence cost him everything.

by Dharamvir Bharati 1949

4.34

6k+ ratings

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This Is Me Letting You Go

by Heidi Priebe • 2016

Perfect timing is a convenient lie: how to let go, forgive, and bet on yourself.

4.03

13k+

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This Is Me Letting You Go 85%

Perfect timing is a convenient lie: how to let go, forgive, and bet on yourself.

by Heidi Priebe 2016

4.03

13k+ ratings

💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🧩 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Relationship Endings 📝 Personal Essays 🕊️ Forgiveness

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz • 2007

Oscar de León just wants a girlfriend. His family's generational curse has other plans.

3.89

280k+

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 85%

Oscar de León just wants a girlfriend. His family's generational curse has other plans.

by Junot Díaz 2007

3.89

280k+ ratings

🏠 Generational Saga 🤓 Nerd Protagonist 💔 Unrequited Love 🕯️ Family Curse 🥀 Doomed Romance

The Name of the World

by Denis Johnson • 2000

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

3.55

3k+

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The Name of the World 85%

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

by Denis Johnson 2000

3.55

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy 🎨 Art And Grief ✍️ Spare Prose

The Sea of Tranquility

by Katja Millay • 2012

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

4.28

89k+

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The Sea of Tranquility 85%

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

by Katja Millay 2012

4.28

89k+ ratings

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