The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V. E. Schwab · first published 2015
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France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
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The Invisible Life of Addie Larue. (in terms of genre, I guess you'd call it urban fantasy, kind of, but it's really more of a classic fable - in structure, not in story - told in an original way)
on “Ask HN: Best books read in 2022” ↗Here is my list: Fiction: * The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50623864-the-invisible-l... * Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45200535-shorefall…
on “Ask HN: What is the best book you read in 2020?” ↗…on my about 10th re-read of Dungeon Crawler Carl. I also reread the Murderbot Diaries. Some new listens that I liked: * Blood Over Brighthaven * Fleabag: A Monster Evolution LitRPG * Flybot * The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue * Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗…death loops and adjacent novels. This was a short but fun book. The Society of Unknowable Objects - Small group of people collect mysterious objects from around the world to keep humanity safe. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - Another one dealing with memory. What would it be like to be immortal, but everyone you interact with forgets about you minutes after you leave them. Edge of Tomorrow - Time loops! The Troop - Decent…
on “Ask HN: Books in 2025” ↗…death loops and adjacent novels. This was a short but fun book. The Society of Unknowable Objects - Small group of people collect mysterious objects from around the world to keep humanity safe. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - Another one dealing with memory. What would it be like to be immortal, but everyone you interact with forgets about you minutes after you leave them. Edge of Tomorrow - Time loops! The Troop - Decent…
on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗