Yukio Mishima's Original Copy of The Sea of Fertility

Origin
The Sea of Fertility is a tetralogy of novels written by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. The four novels are Spring Snow, Runaway Horses, The Temple of Dawn and The Decay of the Angel however this one book contains all four. The appeal of reincarnation is deep within the pages as the main character successively reincarnates into a young aristocrat, a nationalist, an orphan and an indolent Thai princess. It's considered the most complete vision of Japan in the twentieth century.

Effects
Due to so many people believing that the series was about reincarnation by the time they got to the last page a good amount of people killed themselves in order to be reincarnated.