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Flavorwire's 50 Books to Cure Heartbreak

"Heartbroken? Left alone? Depressed? And right before the holidays? Never fear, because this is no end-of-year list — it’s a list to cure that broken heart of yours. Now, there are as many ways to mend a broken heart as there are to break one, but hopefully this list will contain something for everyone, whether you prefer to muffle pain with laughter, or might take some hope in a happy ending, or just need to wallow. After all, as James Baldwin said, “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.” So here you go, gang: 50 cures for love, all $25 or less."
--- Emily Temple, Flavorwire
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Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
1
Jenny Offill
The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
The History of Love
2
Nicole Krauss
Pleasure (Brian Teare)
Pleasure
3
Brian Teare
Paris Trance (Geoff Dyer)
Paris Trance
4
Geoff Dyer
This Is How You Lose Her (Junot Díaz)
This Is How You Lose Her
5
Junot Díaz
The Epicure's Lament, Kate Christensen
The Epicure's Lament, Kate Christensen
6
Late Wife (Claudia Emerson)
Late Wife
7
Claudia Emerson
The Family Fang
The Family Fang
8
Stag's Leap
Stag's Leap
9
Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)
Get in Trouble
10
Kelly Link
Going Away Shoes (Jill McCorkle)
Going Away Shoes
11
Jill McCorkle
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
12
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
13
Willa Cather
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
14
William Shakespeare
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
15
Raymond Carver
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
16
Helen Oyeyemi
Eros the Bittersweet (Anne Carson)
Eros the Bittersweet
17
Anne Carson
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
18
Gillian Flynn
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
19
Iris Murdoch
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
20
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
21
Kingsley Amis
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
22
Margaret Atwood
Self-Help, Lorrie Moore
Self-Help, Lorrie Moore
23
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
24
Kazuo Ishiguro
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Blankets
25
Craig Thompson
Rabbit Hole (David Lindsay-Abaire)
Rabbit Hole
26
David Lindsay-Abaire
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
27
Joan Didion
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
28
Nick Hornby
What the Living Do (Marie Howe)
What the Living Do
29
Marie Howe
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
30
Diana Gabaldon
The End of the Story
The End of the Story
31
Heavenly Questions (Gjertrud Schnackenberg)
Heavenly Questions
32
Gjertrud Schnackenberg
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
33
Charles Dickens
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
34
Cheryl Strayed
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
35
Ursula K. Le Guin
Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenor
Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenor
36
Endless Love
Endless Love
37
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
38
Choderlos De Laclos
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
39
Shirley Jackson
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
40
David Foster Wallace
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