I don't believe I have ever cried over any media. I tried watching sad movies, and the closest I got to a sad feeling was a lump in my throat when watching Titanic as a child (10-12). I watched multiple war themed movies and read a great deal of books about bullying and different types of mental health issues but nothing really got me anything close to crying, but i would like to experience something i can read, digest, and truly think for over the next month. So, suggest me your saddest book! Im someone who mainly reads classics (big fan of Orwell and Hardy) and philosophy of all sorts (as i am majoring in it), but I am a secret fan of the wild west genre too. But at the end of the day i honestly can read anything no matter the genre, so go wild.
My inspiration for this post was the fact I picked up The Diary of Anne Frank today, and realized nothing made me shred a tear before.
by Edsidou
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I found ‘All Quiet On the Western Front’ by Erich Maria Remarque depressing.
If you read “Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls and don’t cry, you are a on the spectrum for sure.
The Time it Never Rained, by Elmer Kelton
Cormac McCarthy’s ***The Road***
A thousand splendid suns
Flowers for Algeron
Call of the wild
The kite runner
If you want to take the next step and read about someone’s experience in a concentration camp there is ‘Night’ by Elie Wiesel.
“The kindly ones” by Jonathan Littell
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy did it for me.
a very sad read is ralph bulger’s biography of his son, james bulger, who was abducted by a pair of 10 year old boys when he was nearly 3, lured away from his mother in a shopping centre. what happened to him is unspeakable. i’m reading the book, and i have to keep putting it down because the graphic detail is just too much. not only will this book make you cry, but it will also infuriate you. venables and thompson should have spent life in prison. nobody that evil can be rehabilitated.