The Best Tragedy Books to Read Right Now

If you love the Tragedy trope, we have handpicked the best book recommendations just for you. Swipe through our curated BookTok list featuring the most highly rated Tragedy stories.

Top Tragedy Book Recommendations:

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. Why we love it: "I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth." Tropes: #GreekMythology, #Tragedy, #Soulmates, #Devastating
Babel by R.F. Kuang. Why we love it: "Languages are just the accumulated record of historical choices." Tropes: #DarkAcademia, #MagicSystem, #Tragedy, #Betrayal
If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin. Why we love it: "If he had been with me, everything would have been different." Tropes: #ChildhoodFriends, #Tragedy, #Heartbreak, #YA
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. Why we love it: "Be a little kinder than you have to." Tropes: #Mystery, #PlotTwist, #Amnesia, #Tragedy
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera. Why we love it: "To live is the rarest thing in the world." Tropes: #SciFi, #Tragedy, #LGBTQ, #OneDay
Dark Age by Pierce Brown. Why we love it: "Death begets death begets death." Tropes: #War, #DarkFantasy, #Tragedy
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert. Why we love it: "Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose." Tropes: #SciFi, #Tragedy, #Politics