I need a book with a really suicidal and self-destructive plot that has a good story.
I have read The Stranger and Catcher in the Rye, The Bell Jar,but I don’t really like it. I really feel like nothing happened. Japanese people always did their best when it came to this theme. Probably because they always commit suicide after writing that kind of book too.
I have read No Longer Human by Dazai Osamu,The Life of a stupid Man, and Zaregoto (Book 2).
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Twilight, book 2 New Moon deals with this. It was actually very insightful and helpful with my own struggles, so I would give it a chance
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
[The Vegetarian](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489025) by Han Kang (not suicidal but might be up your alley).
Veronika decides to die by Paulo Coelho
A little life by Hanya Yanagihara
Crime and punishment
I feel like I suggest this story a little too much here, but No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai is one of them. Another story from the same author is The Setting Sun. That story made me feel depressed and lonely.
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The Summer That Melted Everything
The Midnight Library
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
She’s Come Undone
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Stoner by John Williams
The Stormlight Series by Brandon Sanderson.
A main protagonist Kaladin Stromblessed is battling extreme depression throughout
A Man Called Ove is a book about a man constantly trying to kill himself and getting interrupted by life.
More of a dark yet heartwarming story by it has a lovely plot.
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeymoon
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. He was pretty depressed.
Murakami is your guy
Midnight Library
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill.
It sounds a daft premise but it works really well. The Greek myths were real (and they are immortal) and the Minotaur now works as a short order cook in a diner.
It’s basically a look at loneliness from someone who is a complete outsider.
As I say, it sounds ridiculous but it’s actually a beautiful book and is my go-to recommendation for when people ask what book do I suggest that they’ve probably never heard of.
The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. The Vampire Lestat is the first book. Not necessarily about suicide, but has an existentialist angsty vibe that seems to fit your description.
Ishiguro is my very first thought, like never let me go or Klara and the sun. The main characters aren’t necessarily suicidal or depressed but there is that lonely, melancholy sensation that permeates his writing.
In a different direction, maybe sharp objects by Gillian Flynn. I couldn’t even get through it because the main character is such a depressing basket case.
A Single Man, by Christopher Isherwood
I’m thinking of ending things by Iain reid is fantastic
Try Paper Castles by B. Fox. It’s a kind of contemporary Catcher in the Rye.
The Last Unicorn is my go-to book for a somber / melancholic mood mixed with magic and beauty but it’s an unusual recommendation.
Solitaire by alice osman my fav book
The midnight library by Matt Haig was great. It starts with the main character attempting suicide due to depression.
Gonna come off as really cliche but “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare
Piranesi is a beautifully written tale of loneliness.
Lord Foul’s Bane Stephen Donelson- Covenant is a train wreck of a MC
Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger
*Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow* by Gabrielle Zevin.