Can anyone recommend me a book about obsession with reaching a goal...

Can anyone recommend me a book about obsession with reaching a goal? Basically I want to read about someone who's a little too ambitious for their own good, preferably even more extreme than pic related. Thanks

Oedipus Rex has Oedipus obsessively seeking the truth of his situation.

Moby Dong

Somewhat related, The Adolescent by Dostoyevsky.

Ultimate one.

Thanks boyos, i'll check these out

Geez. Monte Christo.

My diary desu.

I don't even get the idea of "being too ambitious for their own good", if you're not following your goal by any means possible (without actively harming others) what is even the point in living?

Faust

Macbeth

Portrait of the artist as a young man

The Sot-Weed Factor. The main character is obsessed with becoming a famous poet and with keeping his virginity.

The Loser by Thomas Bernhard is similar to what you are asking for

Faust, maybe? Either Marlowe's or Goethe's.

this is honestly the best answer i would assume

"goal" interpreted loosely, but definitely an obsession: john fowles - the collector

Paradise Lost

Shit book. Totally overrated. Novelty wears off within 30 pages.

Klingsor's Last Summer

I'd go with biographies...

The Castle by Fran Chaghfka