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Mar 15, 2022 · Below you’ll find 23 books about backstabbing and betrayal, one for each of the times Julius Caesar was stabbed in the back. Middle Grade
Nov 14, 2023 · “The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. It comes from those you trust the most.”- anonymous. The story opens with a cryptic message from Chet, which pulled Will out of the office in the middle of the workday, no questions asked.
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- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
- The One and only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Is anything worse than the death of a child? Ng piles on the heartbreak after the Lee’s, a mixed-race Chinese-American family, learn that their daughter Lydia has drowned. They soon discover that while they believed their daughter was popular and excelling in school, she was actually quite lonely and her grades were slipping. As Lydia’s parents ref...
TW: rape Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon takes her typical shortcut home from school when she is met by her neighbor, George. Tragically, she trusts him enough to follow him into a hideout, where he rapes and murders her. Susie’s spirit ascends to her own personal heaven, where she watches the aftermath of her murder, including what it does to her p...
Popularized by the film of the same name, The Perfect Stormattempts to narrate the events of a storm in 1991 that claimed a fishing vessel and all on board. Before reconstructing what likely happened when a nor’easter met a hurricane in the North Atlantic, Junger shares the lives of the men who eventually found themselves aboard the Andrea Gale. No...
Surprisingly, there are countless children’s books that will make you cry, even as an adult. One of our favorites, Applegate certainly tugs on our heartstrings with her story of a captured gorilla, Ivan, told from his perspective. Ivan is a gorilla living in captivity at a mall, alongside his friend, an elephant named Stella. Stella, aging and hurt...
TW: rape Follow Amir, a wealthy young boy from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Hassan, who is the son of his father’s servant. Set against the backdrop of turmoil and destruction, the novel follows both the tumultuous events in Afghanistanand the unlikely, yet troubled friendship between the boys. Amir often behaves cowardly and doesn’t help his friend, bu...
Ove is known by his neighbors as the bitter neighbor from hell. Irritable, strict, and unfriendly, Ove prefers to keep to himself. But his world will be flipped upside down when a young couple moves in and accidentally runs over his mailbox. Outgoing and friendly, Ove’s new neighbor is determined to find out what’s behind the facade of the grumpy o...
You know a book narrated by Death itself is bound to join the ranks of books that make you cry. The story follows Liesel, a young German girl in Nazi Germany. She steals books and learns to read with the help of her foster father. As the war raids reign down, she shares her stolen books with neighbors, friends, and the Jewish man her family is hidi...
TW: rape, racism One of the most emotional books that will make you cry, I Know Why the Caged Bird Singschronicles the traumatic life of Maya from age three through seventeen. After being abandoned by her parents at a young age, Maya continues to endure more hardship and trauma, including rape, homelessness, and racist oppression. With themes of id...
TW: rape, racism For even more sad books that deal with heavy themes of racism and sexual assault, Walker’s epistolary novel is tragic and heart-wrenching. Fourteen-year-old African American, Celie, has and will continue to endure more trauma than you thought possible. Her father both beats and sexually abuses her before being married off to a man ...
There are countless World War 2-based booksthat will make you cry and yearn for a history not so unjust. Sarah’s Keyis one of those absolutely heartbreaking WWII novels that remind you of how many were robbed of their innocence. Learn about Sarah Starzynski, who was arrested with her family as part of the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup. Innocently, she locks h...
Jan 17, 2024 · They’re all thought-provoking tales of characters falling in love, getting their heart broken, experiencing betrayal, loss and grief, and overcoming immense obstacles—stories that are bound to stay with you for a long time. Not only are these a gut punch, but they’ll give you a major book hangover!
- Hello Beautiful. by Ann Napolitano. From the author of Dear Edward comes a “powerfully affecting” (People) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?
- Nightcrawling. by Leila Mottley. A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system.
- Giovanni’s Room. by James Baldwin. From one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the past century comes a groundbreaking novel set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris, about love and the fear of love — “a book that belongs in the top rank of fiction” (The Atlantic).
- Blood Sisters. by Vanessa Lillie. A visceral and compelling mystery about a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is summoned to rural Oklahoma to investigate the disappearance of two women … one of them her sister.
Mar 3, 2023 · A heart-breaking betrayal is a great way to turn a seemingly straightforward story into something much more emotional and complex. If you love unexpected plot twists and shocking revelations in your stories, check out some of these thrilling and nail-biting books for yourself today. How To Choose The Right Book Based Around Betrayal
47 authors created a book list connected to betrayal, and here are their favorite betrayal books.
