Marriage

"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages," said philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The texts in this collection depict happy and unhappy marriages—and those that fall somewhere in between.

Atmosphere

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Publication year 2025

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Fear, Hope, Joy, Love, Gender Identity, Sexual Identity, Midlife, Death, Future, The Past, Appearance & Reality, Space, Family, Friendship, Marriage, Siblings, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Community, Politics & Government, Equality, Fate, Justice, Loyalty & Betrayal, Order & Chaos, Religion & Spirituality, Safety & Danger, Science & Technology, Trust & Doubt, Truth & Lies

Tags Historical Fiction

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Awake

by Jen Hatmaker

Publication year 2025

Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction

Themes Marriage, Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Grief, Hate & Anger, Hope, Joy, Loneliness, Love, Memory, Femininity, Midlife, Future, The Past, Daughters & Sons, Family, Friendship, Self Discovery, Colonialism, Community, Equality, Justice, Literature, Loyalty & Betrayal, Music, Order & Chaos, Religion & Spirituality, Trust & Doubt, Truth & Lies

Tags Memoir & Autobiography, Relationships

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Bad Bishop

by L. J. Shen

Publication year 2025

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Conflict, Love, Disability, Family, Marriage, Loyalty & Betrayal

Published in 2025, Bad Bishop is the first novel in the Society of Villains series by L. J. Shen. A prominent author in the dark-romance subgenre, Shen is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling author known for creating morally complex antiheroes. Shen is the author of several other popular dark-romance series, including Sinners of Saint and All Saints High.Bad Bishop is set in New York’s criminal underworld and follows the... Read Bad Bishop Summary

Bad Mormon

by Heather Gay

Publication year 2023

Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction

Themes Gender Identity, Marriage, Mothers, Self Discovery, Equality, Religion & Spirituality

Tags Biography, Religion & Spirituality

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Beauty and the Beast

by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

Publication year 1740

Genre Novella, Fiction

Themes Love, Family, Marriage, Social Class

Tags Fairy Tale & Folklore, Classic Fiction, Fantasy, Love & Sexuality, Relationships, Children`s Literature, French Literature, Romance

Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanna Barbot De Villeneuve first appeared in her collection of fairy tales La jeune américaine, et les contes marins (The Young American and Marine Tales) in 1740 and was abridged into a Christian moral tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756. As a fairy-tale classic, Beauty and the Beast has been retold around the globe and in several mediums, including books, film, theater, and opera. The most well-known adaptations... Read Beauty and the Beast Summary

Becoming

by Michelle Obama

Publication year 2021

Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction

Themes Perseverance, Hope, Gender Identity, Race, Family, Marriage, Self Discovery, Community, Politics & Government, Equality, Justice

Tags Self-Improvement, Inspirational, African American Literature, US History

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Behind Her Eyes

by Sarah Pinborough

Publication year 2017

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Memory, Love, Marriage

Tags Horror & Suspense, Psychological Fiction, Romance, Relationships, Mental Illness, Addiction & Substance Abuse, Grief & Death, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction

Behind Her Eyes, a psychological thriller, was written by Sarah Pinborough and published in 2017. The book has sold over 1 million copies worldwide and was adapted for a TV series by Netflix. While clearly a best seller, there is great divergence of opinion on the book’s very unexpected twist at the end, with the publishers using the hashtag #WTFThatEnding to promote the book.Plot SummaryLouise is a single mother living in London and working as... Read Behind Her Eyes Summary

Belinda

by Maria Edgeworth

Publication year 1801

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Marriage

Tags Classic Fiction, British Literature, World History, Historical Fiction, Romance

Written by Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) and published in 1801, Belinda remains one of the landmark works of the late Restoration novel and a precursor of the realistic novel of the mid-19th century. Its purpose is made clear by Edgeworth herself in a brief preface that begins the novel: “The following work is offered to the public as a Moral Tale” (1). Edgeworth was distressed by the glut of frivolous novels that sought only... Read Belinda Summary

Berenice

by Edgar Allan Poe

Publication year 1835

Genre Short Story, Fiction

Themes Marriage, Death, Mental Health

Tags Horror & Suspense, Classic Fiction, Gothic Literature, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Education, Education, American Literature, World History

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