What are some books that feature a pyrrhic victory?

I want to read a few that end in a semi-victory but at great cost. No spoilers please

>>24581283 (OP)
iliad

>>24581285
ok

>>24581283 (OP)
Stoner

>>24581572
butcher's crossing also I think definitionally

The Expanse and Warhammer 40k: The Horus Heresy (pic related is required reading to understand the metaphysics of the Immaterial)

start with the anglos

>>24581283 (OP)
Any hero's journey basically. So basically Jesus Christ and God .

Plutarch’s Lives
Life of Pyrrhus in particular

>>24582280
Stop posting.

the epic of gilgamesh

>>24581283 (OP)
That with the Gre- >>24582484

>>24581283 (OP)
>What are some books that feature a pyrrhic victory?
>I want to read a few that end in a semi-victory but at great cost. No spoilers please
Noir is what you're looking for. This plot screams for heavy noir. While typically noticed in hard-boil type paperbacks, noir is often successfully combined with other genre elements.

>>24581283 (OP)
>What are some books that feature a pyrrhic victory?
>I want to read a few that end in a semi-victory but at great cost.
Fine, here are some —

>No spoilers please
How can we possibly tell you that Book X ends in a pyrrhic victory without (to some extent) spoiling it? Oh well, whatever. See pic attached. Your basic ambitious humble-origins protagonist doing whatever it takes . . .

>>24581581
who wins anything?