No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

Ōba Yōzō has spent his life pretending. From childhood he learned his true self was unacceptable, so he became a clown, a charmer, a drunk—anything but himself. This masterpiece from Japanese writer Osamu Dazai is the devastating confession of a man who cannot feel human among humans. Written with unsparing honesty and dark humor, it traces one soul’s unraveling through art, love, and self-destruction. Few novels capture alienation so completely or so beautifully. If you have ever felt like an impostor in your own life, this book will see you.