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Books That Are "The Axe for the Frozen Sea Within Me" or Something Like That

These are the books (from literally all genres, there is even a fanfiction in there I don't discriminate) that have done what Kafka described in this quote: "I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief." for me. If you've read any of these I hope you're ok, because I'm not
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
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The House of Hades (Rick Riordan)
The House of Hades
Rick Riordan
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Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
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The Friends (Kazumi Yumoto)
The Friends
Kazumi Yumoto
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Strange the Dreamer (Laini Taylor)
Strange the Dreamer
Laini Taylor
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Muse of Nightmares (Laini Taylor)
Muse of Nightmares
Laini Taylor
7
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
8
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro
9
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
Markus Zusak
10
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
11
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
Lois Lowry
12
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
13
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Pablo Neruda)
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Pablo Neruda
14
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
15
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
William Shakespeare
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
17
Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
Gathering Blue
Lois Lowry
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Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
Sally Rooney
19
Before Night Falls (Reinaldo Arenas)
Before Night Falls
Reinaldo Arenas
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
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A Piece of the World (Christina Baker Kline)
A Piece of the World
Christina Baker Kline
24
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
25
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
Elie Wiesel
26
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
27
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
28
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
E. B. White
29
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
30
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
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City of Lost Souls (Cassandra Clare)
City of Lost Souls
Cassandra Clare
32
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
33
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
34
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
35
The Auction (Dramione) (Lovesbitca8 on Wattpad)
The Auction (Dramione)
Lovesbitca8 on Wattpad
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