the road not taken

books about lost chances, 'what ifs', and the lives that might've been. nostalgia and regret are two sides of the same coin: a lingering, a dwelling, on a past you can't return to.

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last updated October, 2026

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It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

Anne de Marcken

The Details

The Details

Ia Genberg

Septology

Septology

Jon Fosse

Mrs. Bridge (Mrs and Mr Bridge, #1)

Mrs. Bridge (Mrs and Mr Bridge, #1)

Evan S. Connell

Light Years

Light Years

James Salter

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

The Beast in the Jungle

The Beast in the Jungle

Henry James

Out Stealing Horses

Out Stealing Horses

Per Petterson

A Single Man

A Single Man

Christopher Isherwood

The Sea

The Sea

John Banville

Austerlitz

Austerlitz

W.G. Sebald

Atonement

Atonement

Ian McEwan

Stoner

Stoner

John Williams

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez

The Garden of Evening Mists

The Garden of Evening Mists

Tan Twan Eng

The Buried Giant

The Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Go-Between

The Go-Between

L.P. Hartley

On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach

Ian McEwan

The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes

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mirelloth

wonderful list concept yet again!!

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pachinkoOP

thanks rui!! i seem to have infinite inspiration for sad lists lol

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mirelloth

love that for you

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