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A hilariously bleak and tenderly tragic portrait of a doomed romance set against the backdrop of a collapsing, hyper-capitalist America. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Super sad true love story.
- frenetic
- tragicomic
- anxious
- hyper-connected
- 01
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
A sweeping, bittersweet love letter to the messy, beautiful sanctuary of creative partnership and lifelong friendship.
- 02
The tsar of love and techno
Anthony Marra
A darkly funny, deeply humane tapestry of interconnected lives surviving the absurdities and tragedies of a fractured empire.
- 03
This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz
A raw, rhythmic autopsy of heartbreak and self-sabotage told by a narrator who can't stop breaking his own heart.
- 04
Pastoralia
George Saunders · 2000
A hilarious, heartbreaking funhouse mirror reflecting the soul-crushing absurdities of modern work and life.
- 05
Tenth of December
George Saunders
A surreal, darkly funny, and ultimately tender exploration of the bizarre moral obstacle course of modern life.
- 06
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Miranda July
A tender, delightfully weird exploration of lonely people fumbling toward connection in the most unexpected ways.
- 07
To Paradise
Hanya Yanagihara
A sweeping, symphonic epic that shatters the illusion of utopia across three centuries of American longing and heartbreak.
- 08
Bad behavior
Mary Gaitskill · 1988
A raw, disenchanted plunge into the longing and angst of an urban fringe generation desperate for connection.
- 09
Reincarnation blues
Michael Poore
A darkly hilarious, deeply romantic romp through the cosmos that makes you fall in love with the messy, imperfect business of being alive.
- 10
Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell
A tender, mixtape-fueled exploration of first love that feels as visceral and fragile as a bruised heart.
- 11
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
A bittersweet and imaginative collection of stories exploring the messy, imperfect nature of human connection.
- 12
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
A quiet, sunlit meditation on devotion and what it truly means to possess a human heart, told through the earnest eyes of an artificial being.
