Yesterday we came up with a list of romantic reads , so today we thought we go in the other direction and put together a list of Break-Up Books.
These books - as chosen by Readings staff, Facebook fans and Twitter followers - feature break-ups, be they at the beginning, middle or the end of the book - and in some cases such as High Fidelity, all the way through. Thanks to everyone who put forward a book to be included on the list.
Here it is, our list of Break-Up Books:
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris by Leanne Shapton
- Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Zigzag Street by Nick Earls
- My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories From Chekhovto to Munro by Jeffrey Eugenides
- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
- Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
- An Equal Music Vikram Seth
- On Chesil Beach by Ian Mc Ewan
- Silence In October by Jens Christian Grondahl
- He's Just Not That Into You: The No Excuses Truth To Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt And Liz Tuccillo
- Talking It Over by Julian Barnes
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
- The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
- Forever by Judy Blume
- An Abundance Of Katherines by John Green
- Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler (illustrated by Maira Kalman)
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The End Of The Affair by Graham Greene
- Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters
- Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
- The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeska
See the full collection of Break-Up Books.
And stay tuned tomorrow when we turn our eye to Dirty Reads and make a list of erotica - with your help!
