Looking for Stories About Depression: Quick Transmigration Is Ideal, but Other Genres Are Fine Too. Tragic Endings, Angst, Two Male Leads 求抑郁症的快穿文，不是快穿也可以，be虐文，双楠

1. 1 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.3kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds

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   This is absolutely amazing! If you like angst, this is the book for you. The first two are... Well, they're quick transmigration stories, and they're quite interesting. It's not purely angst; there are some funny parts too. Anyway, it's really good. I've reread the first two books several times, and the later ones are also great. If you like angst and bittersweet stories, you should check this out!

2. 2 快 Quick Transmigration: After Faking My Death Due to a Terminal Illness, the Yandere Tycoon Went Mad 快穿：我靠绝症死遁后病娇大佬他疯了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads824k WordsCompleted [Yandere x obsessive, angst + catharsis, two power players putting on a show] [System: Host Yu Tang, a world’s main god is incredibly powerful and impossible to overthrow!] The tycoon who controlled the lifeblood of the economy: “Heh, you think you can escape my grasp?” Yu Tang: “Oh, really? I have late-stage stomach cancer, so I’ll die before you do.” The Federation’s celebrated war hero: “You’re nothing but my plaything. Be good and stay by my side!” Yu Tang: “But I have a serious heart con 12.4kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
3. 3 小 The Little Troublemaker Doesn't Have Long to Live 小坏蛋他命不久矣 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads273k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + the pursuit of a former lover + happy ending] School bully, sickly bottom Academic superstar, top On Xiao Yu's birthday, his father locked him up in a conversion camp. From that day on, he lost Fu Zechen, the person who loved him most. By the time he escaped that living hell, battered and bruised, Fu Zechen had discarded him without a moment's hesitation. When they met again, his eyes held no trace of affection, only indifference and estrangement. “You're not w 15.5kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
4. 4 万 Everyone Hated Her, Then She Showed Her Face and Took the Internet by Storm 万人嫌露脸后全网爆火 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads] A sickly, universally despised bottom; A seemingly cold and heartless top who has fallen deeply in love. A year ago, Xu Mian was rumored to have thrown matches, and was boycotted by the entire internet. He retired early. With his mother seriously ill and his right hand partially disabled, he became the target of abuse from everyone in the esports scene, like a rat crossing the street, and endured it for an entire year. Caught between life and death, he struggled to stay alive: 12.8kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
5. 5 小 The CEO Panicked When the Little Tyrant Became Critically Ill 小霸王病危后总裁他慌了 Yu Zi萸籽Two Male Leads283k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads, reconciliation after a breakup, sickly, regret and pursuit, happy ending!] Cool CEO gong × depressed, sickly shou Mu Ning was once the most doted-on young master of the wealthy Mu family, as well as a notorious little tyrant in their social circle. But falling in love with Gu Yanchu changed the course of his life forever. His own father personally sent him to hell. After that, he became insecure and sensitive, burdened with injuries and illness. When he finally fought his way o 2.8kReads8.2Score19114d adds
6. 6 反 A Study in Contrasts 反差 Wei Buzhi为不知Two Male Leads181k WordsCompleted [Modern Setting + Two Male Leads + Coercive Love + Over-the-Top Drama + Two CEOs] [Audio drama now available] He is a rising star in the business world, and also a kept plaything hidden from the light. To save the Shen family's company from crisis, he sells his body, dignity, and personhood to Ying Yan to trample on. Yet he refuses to give in, choosing the painful truth and finding strength in the depths of adversity. He is the pride of heaven, and a well-dressed, refined scoundrel. He arranged 4.5kReads8.4Score48914d adds
7. 7 我 I, the Most Hated One, Died. What Are You Crying For? 我一个万人嫌死了，你们哭什么？ Flowers Falling in Misty Rain烟雨花落Two Male Leads245k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Angsty, Over-the-Top Romance + Everyone’s Least Favorite + Everyone Gets Their Redemption] Ye Sui knew from childhood that he was an illegitimate son, and that illegitimate sons were guilty by nature. So his father treated him like he didn’t exist. His mother sold him off to pay her debts. His eldest brother hated him because his mother had indirectly caused the death of his brother’s mother, who had been his father’s mistress. His second brother had been the demon in his nigh 6.3kReads7.9Score50114d adds
8. 8 被 After He Was Forced to Break Up, He Didn't Have Long to Live 被逼分手后他命不久矣 Yu Zhi Qiu与知秋Two Male Leads139k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart = Mending a Broken Relationship] Six years ago, nineteen-year-old piano prodigy Shen Yu fell in love with Shi Yan, the twenty-year-old heir to the Shi family. But Shi Yan’s grandfather threatened to ruin his future unless they broke up. Shen Yu left the country with a broken heart. Six years later, terminally ill and with little time left, he decided to return home, hoping only to see Shi Yan one last time. By then, Shi Yan had become a ruthless business tycoon, still 1.7kReads6.7Score11514d adds
9. 9 赊 Borrowed Fortune 赊运 Yu Mu Wu Mu予木无木Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + entertainment industry + rekindled romance + two equally strong leads + both devoted and pure + reunion after a long separation + variety show] [Possessive, scheming puppy-like pursuer × doting, stubbornly in-denial recipient] [Former race car driver, now an obscure actor × hit singer-songwriter] Xu Mozhu joined a variety show featuring scripted murder-mystery games. It was only before filming began that he learned one of the regular guests, a young actor who had just entere 566Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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   The seme suffers from depression and is emotionally detached. You've also been physically injured and have some self-harm tendencies. The uke feels sorry for you after learning this and slowly guides and gently pampers you.

10. 10 够 So Wild! The Little Psycho Can't Escape After Meeting the Big Psycho 够野！小疯批遇见大疯批逃不掉了 It's Erliang是二两吖Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted "He runs, I chase, and he can't escape even with wings." [Psychologically unstable, unhinged, sickly beauty bottom x chaste, gentle, older, fatherly film emperor top] [Two male leads, intense push and pull, entertainment industry, ABO, System, healing, bittersweet romance, a different kind of groveling redemption, mutual firsts, happy ending] Jiang Yi died. Then he came back to life. He was also forced to bind himself to a lecherous System that ordered him to win over the aloof film emperor Ying 4.5kReads9.0Score50014d adds

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    I just finished watching it, it was really good. Jiang Yi was suffering so much, he hated the world and wanted to die, but he was bound to the system and couldn't die. He even had to seduce Ying Xun. Wasn't it just playing along? He offered himself up, "Teacher Ying, I've liked you for a long time, will you be my boyfriend?" Ying Xun coldly threw him a card, "20 million, three days, go get the removal surgery." Then, he left the hotel without looking back. Jiang Yi's playful side was aroused, he insisted on staying at Ying Xun's house, secretly wearing Ying Xun's shirt, his delicate and beautiful peach blossom eyes slightly raised, "Teacher Ying, do you like me like this?" The next second, he was pushed away, Ying Xun's cold and sharp voice crashing into the room, "Jiang Yi, are you happy to degrade yourself?" Jiang Yi nodded, "Yes"... When he realized he was loved, he wanted to escape this world. It was Ying Xun who taught him the ability to love again, becoming his salvation.

11. 11 快 Quick Transmigration: I Use Abuse to Clear My Name in Every Way 快穿：我靠被虐花式洗白 Taro-Paste Brain, Li Bai Liu芋泥脑袋李拜六Two Male Leads231k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong, forced love, depression, corruption, faked death, immersive acting, frail and sickly, chasing his wife to the crematorium, 1v1 with fragmented gong, both virgins] The rating has just been released and may rise After an accident, Xing Yuan was signed up by the Quick Transmigration Response Division. He could come back to life only after completing missions to win over all the scum gongs across every world. First World: [Ruthless, vengeful CEO × pitiful, scandal-plagu 7.6kReads8.7Score73514d adds

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    The writing is excellent, but the story is truly tragic.

12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration: The Pretty, Pitiful One Dies to Escape Again 快穿：漂亮小可怜他又死遁了 A String of Cash一贯钱Two Male Leads244k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + 1v1 + everyone’s favorite + faked death + regret and redemption + angsty melodrama] Also known as: The Poor Darling Faked His Death, and Now His Scumbag Lovers Have Gone Mad Wen Lian was in a car accident. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself bound to a System. His mission: travel through small worlds, become the unforgettable “white moonlight” in a scumbag’s heart, then make a glorious exit by faking his death. World One: He’s a small-time actor treated as a 8.8kReads8.9Score94214d adds

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    So touching 😢😢😢😢😢 It made me cry buckets 😢😢😢 Waaaaa XX

13. 13 野 Wild Taming 野性驯养 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads353k WordsCompleted The physical edition of Yanziqi is now available on all platforms. The wicked get their comeuppance. A cunning, cold-hearted crown prince x a volatile, insecure, sickly bottom Mutual torment + rekindled romance + melodrama + suspenseful twists + 1v1 + coercive love When Liang Yan was a child, his father brought home another boy. The boy looked like a beggar, hardly spoke, and was painfully thin. His father told him the boy would be his companion in study: he was quiet and would become his best f 15.8kReads9.5Score2.7k14d adds

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    The vicious game is really entertaining; it fools everyone, including us with our omniscient perspective. As it unfolds, even it might start to believe it itself.

14. 14 用 I Risked My Life to Transmigrate into a Book, and the Whole Internet Begged Me Not to Die 用命穿书后，全网发弹幕求我别死 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted On-screen comments + System + true young master + sweet on the outside, dark on the inside + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite + intense push and pull + seductive beauty A frail, ill, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside true young master VS the obsessive, volatile heir to a powerful Beijing family Xiao Qingye was a powerful young master with a terrible reputation. Almost nobody liked him, and his parents treated him like a thorn in their side. Everyone told him to be kind, but 12kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds

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    This book is so good! 😢

15. 15 快 Quick Transmigration: Every Life Ends in a Funeral Pyre 快穿：每一世都是火葬场 Listening to the Evening's Song in the Breeze清风听晚吟Two Male Leads566k WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + punishing scumbags + quick transmigration + System + no female lead + regret and redemption + small worlds with no CP for the early part, then a dual male lead romance in the final world] “Rather than make myself suffer, I’d rather make someone else pay. I’ll scatter his ashes to the wind. That’s what a real reckoning looks like.” A novice System takes a novice Host on a mission to save the tragic souls of countless small worlds. But Watching the Host take down scumbags in e 3.7kReads9.4Score29514d adds

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    Both of these are about depression. The first one isn't a quick transmigration novel, but the second is. However, they're both very good, with exciting plots, and definitely worth reading! 😳😳😳😳

16. 16 醒 Wake Up, Bro, You're Not the Heroine 醒醒，哥不是女主 Xiao Si枭祀Two Male Leads839k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + two male leads + uke protagonist + both virgins + love and hate + angst + bad endings in some worlds] System: Hello, Host. Your task is to play the great villain, help the male and female leads grow, then fake your death and leave. Mo Li: Is making the male lead fall in love with me part of the mission? System: ...? Mo Li: The male lead... Wait, do I lose points for dying with him, too? World 1: The little enemy I raised myself x Underworld kingpin World 2: Gentle, devo 4.5kReads8.9Score56514d adds

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    Shuangnan Quick Transmigration: BE Aesthetics ● I just finished the last book. In a sense, it's a redemption story, but the ending was predetermined from the very character design. ● The rest I read recently. They're not about depression, but all the smaller worlds have BEs (Bad Endings). They're good though.

17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: After I Was Forced to Toy with the Villain’s Feelings 快穿：被迫渣了反派后 Promise Me Seven Days of Peace许我七安Two Male Leads214k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + episodic stories + protagonist is the pursuer + bad ending] The System in the Space-Time Department is the finest in the entire quick transmigration bureau, but it has terrible luck: every Host it binds to is hopelessly lovesick. Its lovesick Hosts have no interest in their careers. All they want is to go home to their wives. System: “But you have missions to complete!” Lovesick Hosts: “What mission could be more important than my wife?” “My wife’s about to be gone! You want me 281Reads8.0Score—14d adds
18. 18 不 I’m Not Faking My Death, I’m Just Chasing a Sales Target! 不是死遁，我只是冲业绩！ Sparrow Really Looks Good雀实好看Two Male Leads373k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration, two male leads, protagonist is the one being pursued, both devoted only to each other, from universally disliked to universally adored, tragic endings in every world] CP: a ghost bailiff and an evil spirit; the gong is split into fragments Let me introduce myself. My name is Yan Luo, and I’m a ghost bailiff. Let’s make a deal. I’ll grant your wish, and your soul will belong to me! To fulfill his duties as a ghost bailiff, Yan Luo travels through various small worlds, mak 241Reads8.7Score—14d adds
19. 19 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is a Seductive Beauty 快穿之宿主是钓系美人 Wei Zhi微沚Two Male Leads194k WordsOngoing (Quick transmigration + main character is the bottom, 1v1) Jiang Qinian is a notorious playboy. Plenty of people want a sincere relationship with him, but none of them end well. Jiang Qinian comes from a good family and is handsome. He has a contradictory charm: restrained yet wild, affectionate yet callous, making people unable to resist getting close to him. He's always in control of his relationships. He just had the bad luck to meet an obsessive madman who wanted them to die together. A roma 34Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 20 神 The Gods Show Mercy [Quick Transmigration] 神明垂怜【快穿】 Lu Xi Yan陆喜厌Two Male Leads308k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, one-on-one romance, one-sidedly pursued bottom, devoted top, both pure; bad endings in the small worlds, happy ending in reality; bittersweet angst with satisfying payback, including a groveling-after-the-breakup arc] The first world has some major flaws and is still being revised. Readers can start with the second world instead, without affecting the overall experience. Nan Rong, no one in this world could ever fail to love you. Everyone should be grateful for your favor. But t 871Reads8.5Score10414d adds
21. 21 快 Quick Transmigration: Don't Mess with the Villain, or He'll Really Die 快穿：别惹反派，惹急了他真死 Feasting with the Bears 666大宴群熊666Two Male Leads891k WordsOngoing [Angst and catharsis, with a bleak start and an uplifting finish; includes faked deaths and happy endings. The gong's personality determines the story: soul fragments, scumbag gongs, jokester gongs, devoted gongs, wooden gongs…] (The first six instances are complete. Dive in without worry.) On a replay of the instance, an all-powerful villain falls into the protagonist's hands, reduced to a prisoner. The once aloof villain is now at death's door. "Let me go." "Want to die?" "Yes." "Hah. Dream on 5.1kReads9.3Score59114d adds
22. 22 快 Quick Transmigration: Everyone Wants to Drive Him into a Dead End 快穿：所有人都想把他逼上绝路 Galaxy Sea星河海域Two Male Leads567k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + bottom-focused + quick transmigration + universally disliked/ universally adored + emotional and physical angst + love and hate + monogamous, both pure + happy ending] [Genuinely split-personality, lovesick madman top x Falsely coldhearted, ruthless, hot-tempered bottom] Xiu Wen died, only to be sent by a life-record keeper to relive the miserable lives he’d lived in his previous incarnations. Xiu Wen: You’re saying… I died horribly because of that guy in seven separate lives? 163Reads8.1Score12614d adds
23. 23 快 Quick Transmigration: After Faking My Death, the Scumbags Regretted Everything! 快穿：死遁后，渣男们后悔莫及！ Zhu Zhi竹吱Two Male Leads997k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads. A groveling ex tries to win him back? Sorry, I’ll die first! Follows the original storyline, entirely fictional, so don’t apply it to real life. All the background details serve the story. There’s more romance than plot. No original characters; half-immersive missions. Content warning: lots of potentially upsetting plot points that may leave you reeling. Don’t read if that’s not your thing!] (I’m really bad at writing blurbs ಥ_ಥ) After Lu Suixin died, a System told him it could 191Reads8.9Score—14d adds
24. 24 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainous Ex Is Forced to Reform 快穿：恶毒前任他被迫洗白 Luo Luo Ying洛洛嘤Two Male Leads471k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 9kReads8.8Score58614d adds
25. 25 全 After Everyone Got a Bad Ending, the Worlds Merged 全员be后，世界融合了 Courtyard of Still Water止水之庭Two Male Leads463k WordsCompleted The Ex-Wife-Chasing Crematorium Blurb: Yan Mo, an ordinary young man, is whisked away by a conquest System and somehow becomes someone else's beloved wife. A complete novice who has never been in love, he diligently learns how to love someone. Other people rely on their acting skills to win someone over. He relies on sincerity. All his efforts and sacrifices, all his waiting and affection, earn him nothing but ruthless abandonment. At last, utterly disillusioned, Yan Mo loses his temper. He's do 3.3kReads8.1Score50114d adds
26. 26 不 Misbehaving Gets You [Quick Transmigration] 不听话是会被【快穿】 So Good at Making Things Up好会编Two Male Leads200k WordsCompleted In the first world, Chen Erxing was a CEO... and offended the System. #As a result In the second world, Chen Erxing became a mama's boy with “no opinions of his own.” This mama's boy always listened to his mother and knew how to act cute. He couldn't handle even the smallest setback or hardship, a fragile porcelain doll of a man. # In the third world, Chen Erxing became a man “whose ambitions reached the heavens.” But this pretty boy was a smooth talker, using sweet words to trick rich young wom 326Reads8.3Score10014d adds
27. 27 系 System, Give Me Back My Sweet Romance Plot! 系统，还我甜文剧本！ Little Spring, Little Monkey小泉小猴Two Male Leads735k WordsOngoing [Two male leads, quick transmigration, a mix of sweetness and angst, obsessive, yandere, star-crossed love, HE] Synopsis: After I died, a System bound itself to me and turned me into a task-taker. It said it was a quick transmigration System that did sweet romance plots. I believed it. But when I was lying on the ground in the first world, waiting to bleed to death, things started to seem a little off. In the second world, I stared blankly at a plot about coercive possession. Was this really sup 241Reads8.2Score—14d adds
28. 28 我 Quick Transmigration: The Male Supporting Character Has His Eye on Me 【快穿】我被男配盯上了 Gu Yiling古依灵Two Male Leads724k WordsCompleted At twenty-six, Shi Yanru has been the campus heartthrob ever since he was a child, and luck has always been on his side. Even after death, a System binds itself to him and sends him to transmigrate through one world after another to save other people from their fates. Shi Yanru is perfectly happy just to stay alive, but there’s always a deranged male side character who shows up to sabotage his missions. The System says, “Host, stay calm. Whatever you do, stay calm. He’s insane and could kill you 425Reads7.9Score10214d adds
29. 29 快 Quick Transmigration: Conquering the Target Is a Bit of a Challenge 快穿之攻略对象有点难搞 Bu Zhifujin不知芙锦Two Male Leads344k WordsCompleted In 2300, the C Nation National Laboratory launched the E.I.P. Project, hoping to use games to change the harmful emotional habits of their targets and help the people involved refine their personalities and change themselves. [For rare talents with personality flaws] To ensure the project could be carried out safely, they selected 100 people from various fields to test it. Li Xianzhi was the only one of the 100 engineers involved in the test to make it to the second-level world. [Heartless Ar 489Reads8.9Score11314d adds
30. 30 我 I Want to Leave 我想走 Little Fox Cub狐狸崽崽崽Two Male Leads161k WordsCompleted After ten years of marriage on paper, Yu Shuyi still couldn’t make it to the end of the contract. At first, he begged his husband to look at him, just once. Later, he begged his husband to come home and have a meal with him. In the end, he begged him to let him go. He said there was a saying: Better a brief pain than a long one. So I’ve let myself go. Please let go of me, too. I’m not asking you to love me or forgive me. I’m only asking you to let me go. Don’t save me anymore… Setting: Same-sex 4.2kReads8.4Score39914d adds

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    This book is so heartbreaking, I cried my eyes out in bed last night. 😢😢 I feel so sorry for the main character.

31. 31 养 The Trouble with Keeping Pets 养宠为患 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads145k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + unhinged + yandere + angst for the bottom + satisfying read] = The ex regrets it and chases his love at the crematorium After his secret was exposed, Bai Feicheng was brutally beaten and tortured for two whole years. Unable to bear the humiliation, he fled with a broken heart. Only then did Bai Chenghao realize he had fallen in love with him. But he pursued him the wrong way, deepening the misunderstanding between them once again. Angst, bad ending or happy ending: I’ll let y 492Reads8.7Score10014d adds

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    Except for the last book, which didn't have as much staying power, the others were all quite angsty, especially the third book. The first and third books weren't quick transmigration books, but the second and fourth were.

32. 32 救 Salvation in the Deep 救赎深陷 Moonlight Overflow0月月盈0Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Anthology + BL + pure love + possessiveness + angst + mental illness + healing + protagonists with psychological disorders] An anthology of four stories Story One: A repressed, obsessive, manic puppy-like top VS a gentle, slow-to-realize bunny-like bottom (Li Zize and Shen Luochen). Complete. First the top suffers, then the bottom. A calculating man edges closer step by step, driving away everyone around him so he can keep his love all to himself. Story Two: A bottom with severe mental illness 52Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 33 快 Quick Transmigration: Back Off, You’re Asking for Trouble 快穿：别过来，你在找虐 A Little Morning and Evening一只朝夕Two Male Leads900k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Fake Coercion + Frail Health + Faking His Death + A Melodramatic Grab Bag] The small worlds all end badly. As a member of the Torture Fiction Team with exceptional professional skills, Xu Bai travels with the System, Xiao Liu, conquering one challenge after another until they reach a Grade B world. He is determined to max out the affection ratings, reach Grade A as soon as possible, and get promoted with a pay raise! There are two targets to win over in each world. The title h 6.5kReads9.1Score56514d adds

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    This book is amazing.

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