Books like…

Books Like A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara · about this book

Loved A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara? If its literary fiction, suicide content and contemporary fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Human Acts, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and They Both Die at the End. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside A Little Life: Literary Fiction · Suicide Content · Contemporary Fiction · Tragic · Bleak

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   Human Acts

   Han Kang

   Tragic · Bleak · PTSD · Death of a Friend · Literary Fiction

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   On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

   Ocean Vuong

   Child Abuse · Death of a Friend · Sexual Orientation · PTSD · Literary Fiction

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   They Both Die at the End

   Adam Silvera

   Tragic · Sexual Orientation · Contemporary Fiction · Death of a Friend · Grief and Mourning

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   Of Mice and Men

   John Steinbeck

   Tragic · Bleak · Disabled Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Haunting

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   My Friends

   Fredrik Backman

   Tearjerker · Contemporary Fiction · Death of a Friend · Childhood Trauma · Literary Fiction

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   The Road

   Cormac McCarthy

   Bleak · Tearjerker · Suicide Content · Literary Fiction · Haunting

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   Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

   Gabrielle Zevin

   Disabled Protagonist · Chronic Illness · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Death of a Friend

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   Lolita

   Vladimir Nabokov

   Sexual Assault Content · Child Abuse · Tragic · Haunting · Childhood Trauma

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   If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

   Gregg Olsen

   Child Abuse · Bleak · Trauma Recovery · Childhood Trauma · Death of a Friend

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    The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini

    Sexual Assault Content · Tragic · Literary Fiction · Tearjerker · Childhood Trauma

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11. 

    Frankenstein

    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

    Tragic · Bleak · Haunting · Death of a Friend · Literary Fiction

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    Brother

    Ania Ahlborn

    Bleak · Tragic · Child Abuse · Sexual Assault Content · Dark

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13. 

    The Complete Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    Suicide Content · Tragic · Bleak · PTSD · Grief and Mourning

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14. 

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

    Tragic · Adoption · Death of a Friend · Literary Fiction · Tearjerker

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15. 

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

    Tragic · Bleak · Adoption · Literary Fiction · Haunting

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16. 

    A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

    Anthony Marra

    Tragic · Literary Fiction · Haunting · Grief and Mourning · Found Family

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17. 

    Manacled

    SenLinYu

    Sexual Assault Content · Bleak · Tragic · PTSD · Dark

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18. 

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    Bleak · Tragic · Literary Fiction · Death of a Friend · Intense

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19. 

    The Nightingale

    Kristin Hannah

    Tragic · Sexual Assault Content · Haunting · Grief and Mourning · Tearjerker

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20. 

    The Fault in Our Stars

    John Green

    Disabled Protagonist · Tragic · Contemporary Fiction · Chronic Illness · Death of a Friend

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