The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
1844
Books with the “Betrayal” trope
Trust is broken, and betrayal by someone close changes the hero's life.
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Plot twists · Betrayal
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Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
2012
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
1992
The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory
2001
The White Queen
Philippa Gregory
2009
From Blood and Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout
2020
The Bridge Kingdom
Danielle L. Jensen
2019
Blood & Honey
Shelby Mahurin
2020
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
1996
Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb
1995
The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien
1954
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
1950
The Once and Future King
T. H. White
1958
The Dragonbone Chair
Tad Williams
1988
Nine Princes in Amber
Roger Zelazny
1970
Corrupt
Penelope Douglas
2015
The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake
2020
Ariadne
Jennifer Saint
2021
The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood
2005
Animal Farm
George Orwell
1945
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Claire North
2014
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
1939
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
1929
The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain
1934
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith
1950
Double Indemnity
James M. Cain
1936
Dark Places
Gillian Flynn
2009
Before I Go to Sleep
S. J. Watson
2011
Sometimes I Lie
Alice Feeney
2017
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1850
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
1954
Atonement
Ian McEwan
2001
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
2003
The Alice Network
Kate Quinn
2017
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
1992
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
1989
World Without End
Ken Follett
2007
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
1883
The Wager
David Grann
2023
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
1891
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black
2018
Kushiel's Dart
Jacqueline Carey
2001
Captive Prince
C.S. Pacat
2013
Malice
John Gwynne
2012
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
Seth Dickinson
2015
The Rook
Daniel O'Malley
2012
Her Majesty's Royal Coven
Juno Dawson
2022
The Ugly Duchess
Eloisa James
2012
The Sunne in Splendour
Sharon Kay Penman
1982
The Greatest Knight
Elizabeth Chadwick
2005
The Wicked King
Holly Black
2019
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros
2023
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie
2013
A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine
2019
A Simple Plan
Scott Smith
1993
Behind Closed Doors
B. A. Paris
2016
The Last Mrs. Parrish
Liv Constantine
2017
Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard
2015
Jhereg
Steven Brust
1983
I, Claudius
Robert Graves
1934
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré
1974
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
1958
The Kind Worth Killing
Peter Swanson
2015
The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena
2016
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
1907
Brighton Rock
Graham Greene
1938
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Faustian Bargain
A character trades something precious, often their soul, in exchange for youth, talent, or power.
Revenge
A wronged character spends the story hunting down the people who hurt them.
Locked Room Mystery
A crime happens in a room that is apparently sealed from the inside, with no way in or out.
Dual Identity
A respectable person hides a second, darker self or lives two opposite lives.