Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Hey guys, I'm looking for the most saddest and wrecking book you've ever read. I need a book that I need atleast 5 years of therapy and have moments of blank stares at the wall. I'm currently reading: If he had been with me by KissedByAPhantom
Penny_Lane54321 on February 23, 2026 6:00 pm The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls depressed the crap out of me for weeks.
Altruistic-Move9214 on February 23, 2026 6:03 pm Journey to the end of the night by Celine. My god it is miserable stuff
ercnercn on February 23, 2026 6:04 pm If you have or love cats: the travelling cat chronicles by Hiro Arikawa. This one made me cry so hard I fell asleep crying..
TakingControl222 on February 23, 2026 6:04 pm I just read Demon Copperhead and liked it alot. It reminded me of White Oleander, which is also sad.
knomnomnom on February 23, 2026 6:04 pm Beyond the Horizon – Amma Darko I read it 20 years ago and still think about it.
HadronCollusion on February 23, 2026 6:05 pm The Nickel Boys by Collin Whitehead. It’s one of the few books I actually cried to while reading.
beatriciousthelurker on February 23, 2026 6:05 pm I call these books “dick punches.” Here are some of my favourite dick punches: Indian Horse The Nickel Boys If Beale Street Could Talk The Remains of the Day
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The book thief always gets me
A little life
The Road
Where the Red Fern Grows.
The Remains of the Day
The life before us by Romain gary
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The unbearable lightness of being
Song of Achilles
A little life!!!!
Hamnet
Flowers for Algernon.
I Who Have Never Known Men
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls depressed the crap out of me for weeks.
Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro.
Journey to the end of the night by Celine. My god it is miserable stuff
Shuggie Bain
If you have or love cats: the travelling cat chronicles by Hiro Arikawa. This one made me cry so hard I fell asleep crying..
I just read Demon Copperhead and liked it alot. It reminded me of White Oleander, which is also sad.
Beyond the Horizon – Amma Darko
I read it 20 years ago and still think about it.
The Nickel Boys by Collin Whitehead.
It’s one of the few books I actually cried to while reading.
I call these books “dick punches.” Here are some of my favourite dick punches:
Indian Horse
The Nickel Boys
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Remains of the Day
The Cement Garden
All My Rage
The Book Thief