Quest: Miss Them so Much

That moment when you finish a book and it feels like a whole world crumbled in your hands… We've all been there. Sometimes there are tears, sometimes there's just the burning longing of what has come and gone, a distant memory that has left a void in our hearts. Let's embrace this nostalgia together, for it's a fundamental feeling of the human experience - one of immeasurable value.

Add books you've read that left you with a strong book hangover after you finished them.

3 occurrences

The Fifth Season

by N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth #1

ApocalypticPost-ApocalypticDystopia

468 PagesAugust 2015

Read by 33 people

3 occurrences

Leviathan Falls

by James S.A. Corey

The Expanse (Chronological) #9

Alternate HistorySpace OperaFantasy

528 PagesNovember 2021

Read by 8 people

3 occurrences

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

Historical FictionMythologyFantasy

416 PagesSeptember 2011

Read by 33 people

2 occurrences

Onyx Storm

by Rebecca Yarros

The Empyrean #3

Romantic Fantasy

754 PagesJanuary 2025

Read by 22 people

2 occurrences

Babel: An Arcane History

by R.F. Kuang

Urban FantasyHistorical FictionHistorical Fantasy

650 PagesAugust 2022

Read by 23 people

2 occurrences

Mistborn: The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: The Original Trilogy #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

647 PagesJuly 2006

Read by 64 people

2 occurrences

Acceptance

by Jeff VanderMeer

Southern Reach #3

Weird FictionAlternate HistoryDystopia

352 PagesSeptember 2014

Read by 7 people

2 occurrences

The Return of the King

by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #3

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

October 1955

Read by 39 people

2 occurrences

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials #3

SteampunkAdventureFantasy

532 PagesOctober 2000

Read by 17 people

2 occurrences

Fool's Fate

by Robin Hobb

The Tawny Man Trilogy #3

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

816 PagesOctober 2003

Read by 12 people

2 occurrences

Six of Crows

by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventureRomantic Fantasy

496 PagesSeptember 2015

Read by 42 people

2 occurrences

Gideon the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb #1

Science FictionFantasyHorror

492 PagesSeptember 2019

Read by 28 people

2 occurrences

Crooked Kingdom

by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows #2

High/Epic FantasyAdventureRomantic Fantasy

546 PagesSeptember 2016

Read by 33 people

1 occurrence

Imagine Me

by Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me #6

ParanormalDystopiaAdventure

464 PagesMarch 2020

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Archive Undying

by Emma Mieko Candon

Science FictionFantasy

2023

100

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

All Systems Red

by Martha Wells

The Murderbot Diaries #1

Science FictionFantasy

149 PagesMay 2017

Read by 50 people

1 occurrence

The Black Prism

by Brent Weeks

Lichtbringer

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

661 PagesAugust 2010

Read by 12 people

1 occurrence

Empire of the Damned

by Jay Kristoff

Empire of the Vampire #2

ParanormalDark FantasyFantasy

752 PagesFebruary 2024

100

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Annihilation

by Jeff VanderMeer

Southern Reach #1

HorrorDystopiaFantasy

197 PagesFebruary 2014

Read by 21 people

1 occurrence

Mal Goes to War

by Edward Ashton

CyberpunkThrillerComedic Fiction

311 PagesApril 2024

100

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games #0

DystopiaAdventureFantasy

528 PagesMay 2020

Read by 25 people

1 occurrence

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Earthsea Cycle #1

AdventureHigh/Epic Fantasy

272 PagesJanuary 1968

Read by 24 people

1 occurrence

This Fatal Kiss

by Alicia Jasinska

FantasyRomance

364 PagesSeptember 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Stolen Heir

by Holly Black

The Stolen Heir #1

Urban FantasyRomanceParanormal

384 PagesJanuary 2023

Read by 7 people

1 occurrence

Insomnia

by Stephen King

ParanormalSuspenseFantasy

792 PagesSeptember 1994

Read by 9 people

1 occurrence

The Exiled Fleet

by J.S. Dewes

The Divide #2

Military Sci-FiSpace OperaAdventure

432 PagesAugust 2021

100

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Gregor and the Code of Claw

by Suzanne Collins

Underland Chronicles #5

AdventureFantasy

328 PagesApril 2007

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Circe

by Madeline Miller

MythologyHistorical FictionFantasy

400 PagesApril 2018

Read by 31 people

1 occurrence

The Love Hypothesis

by Ali Hazelwood

Contemporary Romance

384 PagesSeptember 2021

Read by 27 people

1 occurrence

Mockingjay

by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games #3

ApocalypticDystopiaAdventure

398 PagesAugust 2010

Read by 66 people

1 occurrence

Traitor's Blade

by Sebastien de Castell

Greatcoats #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

372 PagesFebruary 2014

Read by 9 people

1 occurrence

Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

Science FictionAdventureFantasy

448 PagesMay 2021

Read by 40 people

1 occurrence

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale #1

DystopiaFantasy

325 PagesAugust 1985

Read by 37 people

1 occurrence

Children of Memory

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Time #3

Science Fiction

500 PagesNovember 2022

Read by 5 people

1 occurrence

Machine

by Elizabeth Bear

White Space #2

MysteryAlternate HistorySpace Opera

496 PagesOctober 2020

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Daisy Jones & The Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Historical FictionContemporary FictionMusic

403 PagesMarch 2019

Read by 20 people

1 occurrence

Requiem

by Lauren Oliver

Delirium #3

ApocalypticDystopiaAdventure

March 2013

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

Mother of Learning: ARC 1

by Domagoj Kurmaic, Nobody103

Mother of Learning #1

High/Epic FantasyUrban FantasyScience Fiction

645 PagesDecember 2021

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

The Forest of Wool and Steel

by Natsu Miyashita

Contemporary FictionMusicLiterary Fiction

224 PagesSeptember 2015

100

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Champion

by Marie Lu, מרי לו

Legend #3

RomanceDystopiaAdventure

274 PagesNovember 2013

Read by 8 people

1 occurrence

Rites of the Starling

by Devney Perry

Shield of Sparrows #2

FantasyRomance

500 PagesApril 2026

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

Science FictionPsychology

238 PagesApril 1959

Read by 21 people

1 occurrence

Empire of the Vampire

by Jay Kristoff

Empire of the Vampire #1

Urban FantasyParanormalDark Fantasy

672 PagesSeptember 2021

Read by 15 people

1 occurrence

The Wicked King

by Holly Black

The Folk of the Air #2

RomanceParanormalFantasy

January 2019

Read by 23 people

1 occurrence

Dandelion Fire

by N.D. Wilson, Russell Horton

100 Cupboards #2

AdventureFantasy

December 2008

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

The Queen of Nothing

by Holly Black

The Folk of the Air #3

Urban FantasyRomanceParanormal

305 PagesNovember 2019

Read by 21 people

1 occurrence

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante #1

RomanceContemporary Fiction

359 PagesFebruary 2012

Read by 15 people

1 occurrence

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

FantasyRomance

502 PagesSeptember 2011

Read by 37 people

1 occurrence

Platform Decay

by Martha Wells

The Murderbot Diaries #8

Science Fiction

243 PagesMay 2026

Read by 5 people