The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
1890
Books with the “Faustian Bargain” trope
A character trades something precious, often their soul, in exchange for youth, talent, or power.
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab
2020
The Monk
Matthew Gregory Lewis
1796
Melmoth the Wanderer
Charles Robert Maturin
1820
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1808
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik
2018
Elric of Melniboné
Michael Moorcock
1972
A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair
2019
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber
2021
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
James Hogg
1824
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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.
Portal Fantasy
Ordinary people step through a doorway into a magical other world.