🥀 Immortal Melancholy

A deep, elegiac sadness pervades these stories of eternal beings who carry the accumulated grief of watching worlds and loved ones pass into memory.

The God of Endings

by Jacqueline Holland • 2023

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

3.81

13k+

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian

The God of Endings 89%

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

by Jacqueline Holland 2023

3.81

13k+ ratings

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian

The Fountain

by Casey Scieszka • 2026

An immortal woman, exhausted by centuries, returns to her valley home hoping to finally die.

3.84

2k+

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📖 Literary Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Fountain 89%

An immortal woman, exhausted by centuries, returns to her valley home hoping to finally die.

by Casey Scieszka 2026

3.84

2k+ ratings

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📖 Literary Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

How to Stop Time / The Humans / The Radleys

by Matt Haig

He's 400 years old. His society forbids love. Then a colleague recognizes him from a past life.

3.33

🐢 Slow Aging 🕵️ Secret Societies 🏝️ Solitude

How to Stop Time / The Humans / The Radleys Summary

How to Stop Time / The Humans / The Radleys 89%

He's 400 years old. His society forbids love. Then a colleague recognizes him from a past life.

by Matt Haig

3.33

21 ratings

🐢 Slow Aging 🕵️ Secret Societies 🏝️ Solitude

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice • 1976

A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.

4.02

656k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎙️ Framed Narrative 🧛 Reluctant Vampire

Interview with the Vampire 89%

A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.

by Anne Rice 1976

4.02

656k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎙️ Framed Narrative 🧛 Reluctant Vampire

The Vampire Lestat

by Anne Rice • 1985

A vampire wakes in 1980s New Orleans and decides rock stardom beats eternal secrecy.

4.11

219k+

📖 Literary Horror 🩸 Vampire Antihero 💔 Tragic Queer Love

The Vampire Lestat 89%

A vampire wakes in 1980s New Orleans and decides rock stardom beats eternal secrecy.

by Anne Rice 1985

4.11

219k+ ratings

📖 Literary Horror 🩸 Vampire Antihero 💔 Tragic Queer Love

The Magician of Tiger Castle

by Louis Sachar • 2025

A Renaissance magician must erase a princess's love for a scribe before the wedding banquet.

3.53

9k+

🏛️ Renaissance Fantasy 🏰 Court Intrigue 🧙 Court Magician

The Magician of Tiger Castle 88%

A Renaissance magician must erase a princess's love for a scribe before the wedding banquet.

by Louis Sachar 2025

3.53

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Fantasy 🏰 Court Intrigue 🧙 Court Magician

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North • 2014

Harry August relives his life, memory intact. A warning from the future: the world is ending.

4.03

101k+

🕰️ Time Loop Narrative 🔁 Immortal Protagonist 🧠 Memory As Burden

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Summary

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August 88%

Harry August relives his life, memory intact. A warning from the future: the world is ending.

by Claire North 2014

4.03

101k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Loop Narrative 🔁 Immortal Protagonist 🧠 Memory As Burden

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

by Anne Rice • 2016

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

3.80

10k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis Summary

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis 88%

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

by Anne Rice 2016

3.80

10k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth

Dracul

by Dacre Stoker • 2018

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

4.14

19k+

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire

Dracul 88%

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

by Dacre Stoker 2018

4.14

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V.E. Schwab • 2025

Three women, five centuries, one vampire's promise: you are mine forever, and forever is a cage.

3.88

218k+

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🦇 Vampire Gothic 💔 Toxic Immortal Love

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Summary

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil 88%

Three women, five centuries, one vampire's promise: you are mine forever, and forever is a cage.

by V.E. Schwab 2025

3.88

218k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🦇 Vampire Gothic 💔 Toxic Immortal Love

The Magnificence of Death

by Rhea Rainwater • 2025

A mother cheats Death, so Death takes her husband, then courts her through the ages.

3.95

2k+

💀 Death Personified 🕯️ Generational Curse ⏳ Immortal Heroine

The Magnificence of Death 88%

A mother cheats Death, so Death takes her husband, then courts her through the ages.

by Rhea Rainwater 2025

3.95

2k+ ratings

💀 Death Personified 🕯️ Generational Curse ⏳ Immortal Heroine

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V.E. Schwab • 2020

For three hundred years, no one remembers her. Then a stranger says her name.

4.16

1.5M+

🖤 Faustian Bargain 🌑 Dark God Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Summary

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 88%

For three hundred years, no one remembers her. Then a stranger says her name.

by V.E. Schwab 2020

4.16

1.5M+ ratings

🖤 Faustian Bargain 🌑 Dark God Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse

Clockwork Princess

by Cassandra Clare • 2013

Her fiancé is dying. His best friend secretly loves her. The cure demands her surrender.

4.55

479k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🏙️ Victorian London 💔 Love Triangle

Clockwork Princess 88%

Her fiancé is dying. His best friend secretly loves her. The cure demands her surrender.

by Cassandra Clare 2013

4.55

479k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🏙️ Victorian London 💔 Love Triangle

How to Stop Time

by Matt Haig • 2017

A 400-year-old history teacher is forbidden to love. His new colleague makes him break the rule.

3.82

225k+

🧬 Ageless Protagonist 🕵️ Secret Society ⏳💕 Love Across Time

How to Stop Time 88%

A 400-year-old history teacher is forbidden to love. His new colleague makes him break the rule.

by Matt Haig 2017

3.82

225k+ ratings

🧬 Ageless Protagonist 🕵️ Secret Society ⏳💕 Love Across Time

The Book of Elsewhere

by Keanu Reeves • 2024

He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.

3.30

10k+

🔫 Military Fantasy 🧠 Cerebral Fantasy ⚔️ Immortal Warrior

The Book of Elsewhere 87%

He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.

by Keanu Reeves 2024

3.30

10k+ ratings

🔫 Military Fantasy 🧠 Cerebral Fantasy ⚔️ Immortal Warrior

Healer

by F. Paul Wilson • 1976

An alien in his mind grants a surveyor healing, immortality, and the loneliness of centuries.

4.19

596

🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🙏 Reluctant Messiah ⏳ Immortal Protagonist

Healer 87%

An alien in his mind grants a surveyor healing, immortality, and the loneliness of centuries.

by F. Paul Wilson 1976

4.19

596 ratings

🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🙏 Reluctant Messiah ⏳ Immortal Protagonist

Slow Gods

by Claire North • 2025

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

4.00

5k+

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac

Slow Gods 87%

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

by Claire North 2025

4.00

5k+ ratings

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac

The Devil's Concubine

by Ángeles Goyanes • 2011

Saved by a fallen angel, a crusade orphan discovers eternal life is a slow-motion execution.

3.82

471

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💀 Cursed Immortality 🔄 Soul Transfer

The Devil's Concubine 87%

Saved by a fallen angel, a crusade orphan discovers eternal life is a slow-motion execution.

by Ángeles Goyanes 2011

3.82

471 ratings

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💀 Cursed Immortality 🔄 Soul Transfer

A Short Stay in Hell

by Steven L. Peck • 2011

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

4.15

70k+

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror

A Short Stay in Hell 87%

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

by Steven L. Peck 2011

4.15

70k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror

Ashes of Man

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2022

A broken hero returns to an empire as an alien prophet unites the enemy for annihilation.

4.48

16k+

🚀 Military Space Opera ✨ Science Fantasy 😔 Survivor Guilt

Ashes of Man 87%

A broken hero returns to an empire as an alien prophet unites the enemy for annihilation.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2022

4.48

16k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera ✨ Science Fantasy 😔 Survivor Guilt

Howling Dark

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2019

An exiled lord leads mercenaries into dark space, seeking a world to end the alien war.

4.34

29k+

🌑 Dark Space Opera ⚗️ Science Fantasy Blend 👑 Immortal Tyrant

Howling Dark 87%

An exiled lord leads mercenaries into dark space, seeking a world to end the alien war.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2019

4.34

29k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Space Opera ⚗️ Science Fantasy Blend 👑 Immortal Tyrant

Memnoch the Devil

by Anne Rice • 1995

A vampire follows the Devil through Creation, then must decide whose side he is on.

3.76

87k+

🧠 Philosophical Horror 😈 Sympathetic Devil ⛪ Theological Fantasy

Memnoch the Devil 87%

A vampire follows the Devil through Creation, then must decide whose side he is on.

by Anne Rice 1995

3.76

87k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Horror 😈 Sympathetic Devil ⛪ Theological Fantasy

Thirst No. 1

by Christopher Pike • 1998

A five-thousand-year-old vampire has one rule: leave no witnesses. A detective just became one.

3.86

37k+

🧛 90s Vampire Fiction 🩸 Ancient Vampire 💔 Immortal Loneliness

Thirst No. 1 87%

A five-thousand-year-old vampire has one rule: leave no witnesses. A detective just became one.

by Christopher Pike 1998

3.86

37k+ ratings

🧛 90s Vampire Fiction 🩸 Ancient Vampire 💔 Immortal Loneliness

Im Schatten der Wahrheit

by Merit Niemeitz • 2023

A Cambridge student falls for an immortal body thief while investigating his deadly secret society.

3.79

1k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🐦 Body Hopping

Im Schatten der Wahrheit 87%

A Cambridge student falls for an immortal body thief while investigating his deadly secret society.

by Merit Niemeitz 2023

3.79

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🐦 Body Hopping

The Queen of the Damned

by Anne Rice • 1988

A vampire rock star wakes the ancient queen, who decides humanity needs a cleansing.

3.93

163k+

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Curse 👁️ Psychic Visions

The Queen of the Damned 87%

A vampire rock star wakes the ancient queen, who decides humanity needs a cleansing.

by Anne Rice 1988

3.93

163k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Curse 👁️ Psychic Visions

The Red Winter

by Cameron Sullivan • 2026

An immortal magician hunts the Beast that stole his lover and now curses their son.

3.98

8k+

🖤 Doomed Queer Love 🔥 Inner Demon 🐺 Monstrous Transformation

The Red Winter 87%

An immortal magician hunts the Beast that stole his lover and now curses their son.

by Cameron Sullivan 2026

3.98

8k+ ratings

🖤 Doomed Queer Love 🔥 Inner Demon 🐺 Monstrous Transformation

The Sandman

by Neil Gaiman • 1992

A young woman is the fracture where dreams pour through. Dream's only repair: her death.

4.47

2k+

🎭 Personified Concepts 🌙 Dream Realm 💫 Melancholy Fantasy

The Sandman 87%

A young woman is the fracture where dreams pour through. Dream's only repair: her death.

by Neil Gaiman 1992

4.47

2k+ ratings

🎭 Personified Concepts 🌙 Dream Realm 💫 Melancholy Fantasy

The Light of All That Falls

by James Islington • 2019

A guilty immortal, a soldier trapped in time, and an outcast must break fate's cycle.

4.40

42k+

🔄 Predestination Paradox 🖤 Immortal Atonement 🕰️ Time Prison

The Light of All That Falls 87%

A guilty immortal, a soldier trapped in time, and an outcast must break fate's cycle.

by James Islington 2019

4.40

42k+ ratings

🔄 Predestination Paradox 🖤 Immortal Atonement 🕰️ Time Prison

The Tartar Steppe

by Dino Buzzati • 1940

A young officer at a remote fort waits a lifetime for a battle that never comes.

4.20

43k+

🏰 Existential Allegory ⏳ Wasted Life 🇮🇹 Italian Modernism

The Tartar Steppe 87%

A young officer at a remote fort waits a lifetime for a battle that never comes.

by Dino Buzzati 1940

4.20

43k+ ratings

🏰 Existential Allegory ⏳ Wasted Life 🇮🇹 Italian Modernism

The Witch's Daughter

by Paula Brackston • 2008

Her neighbor is a four-hundred-year-old witch. And the warlock who made her has returned.

3.66

44k+

🖤 Immortal Witch 🪵 Witch Trials 🌿 Healing Magic

The Witch's Daughter 87%

Her neighbor is a four-hundred-year-old witch. And the warlock who made her has returned.

by Paula Brackston 2008

3.66

44k+ ratings

🖤 Immortal Witch 🪵 Witch Trials 🌿 Healing Magic

The Tale of the Body Thief

by Anne Rice • 1992

A body thief offers the vampire Lestat the one thing eternity withholds: a mortal sunrise.

3.77

93k+

🔄 Body Swap 🩸 Vampire Antihero ⏳ Immortality Burden

The Tale of the Body Thief 87%

A body thief offers the vampire Lestat the one thing eternity withholds: a mortal sunrise.

by Anne Rice 1992

3.77

93k+ ratings

🔄 Body Swap 🩸 Vampire Antihero ⏳ Immortality Burden

Twilight

by Stephenie Meyer • 2005

Bella Swan falls for a beautiful stranger whose century of control shatters at her scent.

3.68

7.4M+

🧛 Vampire Romance ⏳ Immortal Loves Mortal 🌧️ Gothic Rainy Atmosphere

Twilight 87%

Bella Swan falls for a beautiful stranger whose century of control shatters at her scent.

by Stephenie Meyer 2005

3.68

7.4M+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Romance ⏳ Immortal Loves Mortal 🌧️ Gothic Rainy Atmosphere

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood

by James Malcolm Rymer • 1845

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

3.40

2k+

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood 87%

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

by James Malcolm Rymer 1845

3.40

2k+ ratings

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse

Silver in the Wood

by Emily Tesh • 2019

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

3.98

24k+

🌳 Mythic Woodland 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Lyrical Fantasy

Silver in the Wood 87%

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

by Emily Tesh 2019

3.98

24k+ ratings

🌳 Mythic Woodland 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Lyrical Fantasy

Thornhedge

by T. Kingfisher • 2023

A fairy's centuries-long vigil: the princess in the tower must never wake.

3.92

65k+

🧚 Subverted Fairy Tale 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 🐸 Changeling Protagonist

Thornhedge 87%

A fairy's centuries-long vigil: the princess in the tower must never wake.

by T. Kingfisher 2023

3.92

65k+ ratings

🧚 Subverted Fairy Tale 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 🐸 Changeling Protagonist

The Vampire Armand

by Anne Rice • 1998

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

3.80

74k+

🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror

The Vampire Armand 87%

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

by Anne Rice 1998

3.80

74k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror

Historias de fantasmas de Japón

by Lafcadio Hearn • 2011

A collection of Japanese ghost stories: love, vengeance, and the dead who refuse to stay buried.

4.20

2k+

🦊 Japanese Folklore 👻 Asian Ghost Stories 💔 Self-Sacrifice

Historias de fantasmas de Japón 87%

A collection of Japanese ghost stories: love, vengeance, and the dead who refuse to stay buried.

by Lafcadio Hearn 2011

4.20

2k+ ratings

🦊 Japanese Folklore 👻 Asian Ghost Stories 💔 Self-Sacrifice

Anima Rising

by Christopher Moore • 2025

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

4.05

6k+

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse

Anima Rising 87%

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

by Christopher Moore 2025

4.05

6k+ ratings

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man

by Ivan Turgenev • 1850

A dying nobleman chronicles a life of watching, never daring, forever unnecessary.

3.84

4k+

📜 Russian Classic 📔 Confessional Diary 💔 Unrequited Love

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man 87%

A dying nobleman chronicles a life of watching, never daring, forever unnecessary.

by Ivan Turgenev 1850

3.84

4k+ ratings

📜 Russian Classic 📔 Confessional Diary 💔 Unrequited Love

The Broken Kingdoms

by N.K. Jemisin • 2010

A blind artist who sees magic shelters a wounded god while a killer hunts immortals.

4.14

40k+

🖤 Fallen God 🏛️ God Politics 💫 Mortal And Divine Love

The Broken Kingdoms 87%

A blind artist who sees magic shelters a wounded god while a killer hunts immortals.

by N.K. Jemisin 2010

4.14

40k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen God 🏛️ God Politics 💫 Mortal And Divine Love

The Wind Through the Keyhole

by Stephen King • 2012

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

4.13

95k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

The Wind Through the Keyhole 87%

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

by Stephen King 2012

4.13

95k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

Ghosts of the Shadow Market

by Cassandra Clare • 2019

An immortal monk scours a shadow market for the lost child who could heal a bloodline.

4.26

42k+

🏪 Magical Black Market 🫂 Found Family 💫 Immortal Love

Ghosts of the Shadow Market 87%

An immortal monk scours a shadow market for the lost child who could heal a bloodline.

by Cassandra Clare 2019

4.26

42k+ ratings

🏪 Magical Black Market 🫂 Found Family 💫 Immortal Love

The Red Lion

by Mária Szepes • 1946

An alchemist murders his master for immortality. The stolen elixir becomes an unending curse.

4.47

1k+

🧪 Alchemical Journey 🔄 Reincarnation Cycle ⏳ Curse Of Immortality

The Red Lion 87%

An alchemist murders his master for immortality. The stolen elixir becomes an unending curse.

by Mária Szepes 1946

4.47

1k+ ratings

🧪 Alchemical Journey 🔄 Reincarnation Cycle ⏳ Curse Of Immortality

Hector and the Search for Lost Time

by François Lelord • 2006

A psychiatrist follows a vanished monk to the Arctic, searching for why life feels too short.

3.65

1k+

🦊 Philosophical Fable ⏳ Aging And Mortality 🔄 Midlife Reflection

Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary

Hector and the Search for Lost Time 87%

A psychiatrist follows a vanished monk to the Arctic, searching for why life feels too short.

by François Lelord 2006

3.65

1k+ ratings

🦊 Philosophical Fable ⏳ Aging And Mortality 🔄 Midlife Reflection

Belladonna

by Adalyn Grace • 2022

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

3.94

182k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified

Belladonna 87%

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

by Adalyn Grace 2022

3.94

182k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified

La Peau de chagrin

by Honoré de Balzac • 1831

A ruined young man in Paris receives a magic skin: every wish fulfilled, a shorter life.

3.67

12k+

🎭 Faustian Bargain 💀 Cost Of Desire 👤 Unattainable Woman

La Peau de chagrin 87%

A ruined young man in Paris receives a magic skin: every wish fulfilled, a shorter life.

by Honoré de Balzac 1831

3.67

12k+ ratings

🎭 Faustian Bargain 💀 Cost Of Desire 👤 Unattainable Woman

Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami • 1987

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

3.99

739k+

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy

Norwegian Wood 87%

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

by Haruki Murakami 1987

3.99

739k+ ratings

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy

Evermore

by Alyson Noel • 2009

A psychic teen finds silence in an immortal boy whose ex has murdered her across lifetimes.

3.60

299k+

🖤 Immortal Soulmates 🏫 Paranormal High School 🔮 Psychic Heroine

Evermore 87%

A psychic teen finds silence in an immortal boy whose ex has murdered her across lifetimes.

by Alyson Noel 2009

3.60

299k+ ratings

🖤 Immortal Soulmates 🏫 Paranormal High School 🔮 Psychic Heroine

The Fall of Gondolin

by J.R.R. Tolkien • 2018

A sea god's warning sends a mortal to Gondolin, a hidden city too proud to listen.

4.09

18k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🏙️ Hidden City 💞 Mortal Immortal Love

The Fall of Gondolin 87%

A sea god's warning sends a mortal to Gondolin, a hidden city too proud to listen.

by J.R.R. Tolkien 2018

4.09

18k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🏙️ Hidden City 💞 Mortal Immortal Love

Grendel

by John Gardner • 1971

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

3.69

43k+

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling

Grendel 87%

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

by John Gardner 1971

3.69

43k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling

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