Inspired by The Tortured Poets Department

Come one, come all—it’s happening again. It’s Taylor Swift’s album release day! Check out these selections inspired by The Tortured Poets Department.

The Collected Tales and Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe

The Collected Tales and Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe

This edition includes his most well-known works—The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Annabel Lee—as well as less familiar stories, poems, and essays.

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a novel that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love and the inescapable challenges of family and friendships.

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

The award-winning, bestselling French novel about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald.

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of colour from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one faces a fatal illness.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's tragedy about two young lovers whose deaths unite their feuding families.

If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress. But when the casting changes and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. 

Useless Magic by Florence Welch

Useless Magic by Florence Welch

Lyrics, poetry and sketches from Florence and the Machine's iconic musician (and TTPD album collaborator!).

The Complete Poems and Lyrics by Joni Mitchell

The Complete Poems and Lyrics by Joni Mitchell

Today's music owes much to Joni Mitchell’s innovation and inspiration. This collection of her poetry and song lyrics reads like a poem cycle that finds unexpected meaning and beauty on the page.

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Drawing from her own life and those of loved ones, as well as pop culture and news headlines, Warsan Shire finds vivid, unique details in the experiences of refugees and immigrants, victims of abuse, Black women and teenage girls.

One Day by David Nicholls

One Day by David Nicholls

What starts as a fleeting connection between two strangers soon becomes a deep bond that spans decades. Now a Netflix limited series!

Just Kids by Patti Smith

Just Kids by Patti Smith

Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.