No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai is one of those books I highly recommend, while simultaneously warning you not to read it. If that makes any sense. The quote is

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai is one of those books I highly recommend, while simultaneously warning you not to read it. If that makes any sense. The quote is the opening line of No Longer Human (1948), the final completed novel by Japanese author Osamu Dazai and one of the most influential works …