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Bittersweet

Happy and sad holding hands. Books that make you smile through the lump in your throat and mean both at once.

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Books and stacks that feel Bittersweet

9 books
Cover of Cómo escribí nuestra historia Cover of Sounds Like Love Cover of La saga de Valeria Cover of Mi isla Cover of Seremos recuerdos

Stories that make you fall in love 🩷

Love - passion - second chances - grief

Sensual Romantic
1 wk ago 28
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13 books
Cover of Te entrego mis alas Cover of A Perfect Story Cover of Mi isla Cover of The Whole Truth About My Lies Cover of Sounds Like Love

I give you my wings

Romance ♥️ if you like love stories, this will be one of them!

Sensual Heartwrenching
1 wk ago 14
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10 books
Cover of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Cover of Fight Club Cover of Jaws Cover of Psycho Cover of Forrest Gump

Famous films whose novels tell another story

Films you know by heart that started as novels telling a different story. Worth reading even if you've seen the movie fifty times.

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Whimsical Bittersweet
2 wks ago 4
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8 books
Cover of Remains of the Day Cover of Brideshead Revisited Cover of Things Fall Apart Cover of The Buried Giant Cover of Cold mountain

Novels that mourn a world already gone

Elegiac novels about worlds that ended, from empires to emptied villages. Slow, sad books that remember what everyone else let go of.

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Nostalgic Bittersweet
3 wks ago 1
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5 books
Cover of Little Wonder Cover of The Joy Luck Club Cover of Klara and the Sun Cover of Pachinko Cover of Please Look after Mom

Novels about a mother betting everything on a child

Every hour she has, spent on a future the kid never agreed to. Novels about mothers, ambition, and the weight of being someone's whole plan.

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Heartwrenching Bittersweet
4 wks ago 4
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5 books
Cover of Never Let Me Go Cover of Six wakes Cover of Mickey7 Cover of Echo Wife Sneak Peek Cover of Fifth Head of Cerberus

Clone novels about who you are when you're the copy

Science fiction about clones and backups, and the question none of them can shake: is it still me if someone else was me first?

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Morally grey Bittersweet
4 wks ago 17
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6 books
Cover of John of John Cover of Trainspotting Cover of Beartown Cover of Pachinko Cover of The Color Purple

Working-class novels written without a drop of pity

Nobody here is a lesson, and nobody is asking for your sympathy. Working-class novels where the people are funny, difficult, and entirely themselves.

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Unflinching Morally grey
4 wks ago 3
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29 books
Cover of Feral Cover of This Is How You Lose the Time War Cover of The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy Cover of Dragon Rider Cover of Lonely Heart. Escucha a tu corazón

Buying and reading books are two different hobbies

My pending books🫠

Cozy Romantic
1 month ago 7
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