Regret Books

Books steeped in the ache of looking back, wondering what might have been, and accepting choices that cannot be undone.

7 books

28 Summers book cover

28 Summers

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro book cover

Literary Fiction

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro, 1989

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce book cover

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Rachel Joyce, 2013

The Wedding People by Alison Espach book cover

Contemporary Fiction

The Wedding People

Alison Espach, 2024

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub book cover

This Time Tomorrow

Emma Straub, 2022

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett book cover

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett, 2023

We Came Here to Forget

We Came Here to Forget

Andrea Dunlop, 2019