Madeline Miller · 2011
- What it is
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A love story that hurts a little · a world to get lost in
- Genre
- Historical fiction Classics Fantasy Romance
- Feels
- Romantic Melancholic Epic Tender Atmospheric
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. Each card tells you why.
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If you're after a love story that hurts a little, start here
Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin · 2008
Love hurts sometimes · sad, and in no hurry
The time traveler's wife
Audrey Niffenegger · 2003
A love story that hurts a little · tender, with a sting
The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle · 1900
Love hurts sometimes · sad, and in no hurry
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Love hurts sometimes · sad, and in no hurry
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Ariadne
Jennifer Saint · 2021
A reader shelved it with yours in Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier · 1997
You won't want to come back · tender until it hurts
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