From recollection there are only a handful of books that have made me cry as an adult (for those curious: A Little Life, The Jungle, and The Beast Within are the ones I clearly remember crying but there may have been others), but I’m currently reading Hubert Shelly Jr’s Last Exit to Brooklyn and it’s brought me as close to tears as you can get without shedding actual tears so I would personally add it to my list.
For obvious reasons it feels more common to cry at films and TV, so I’m curious to hear what are some books that made people actually shed tears?
Edit: I forgot to add Tiger Tiger, one of the most profound and devastating autobiography’s I’ve ever read, not only made me cry but has never left me since. If you haven’t read it (and can stomach descriptions of child abuse && grooming) it’s well worth reading
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“The Empty Crib: A Memorial of Little Georgie.”I never cried over a book until then.
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo got me good last year. was reading it in cafe and had to pretend i was just tired when tears started coming. something about her final letter just destroyed me completely
also flowers for algernon when i was younger but that one is classic tearjerker so probably doesnt count much. still think about charlie sometimes though
A monster calls
I don’t cry at books often, but Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty really made me cry.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean. I finished the last page with tears on my face. I quickly went to YouTube to watch the movie adaptation’s last scene, and it broke me. I regret it because I woke up at 4 am crying because of it.