Night, by Elie Wiesel
Dear Leader
Infidel
Princess, by Jean Sassoon
Escape from Camp 14
In Order to Live
salagma_love on
I got 11 pages into The Road by Cormac McCarthy and decided I didn’t want to put myself through that
Azrai113 on
Flowers for Algernon
Old Yeller
Go Ask Alice
Similar-Raspberry639 on
The Nightingale by Kirstin Hannah, idk if alta the saddest book ever but 100% emotional destruction
Mossby-Pomegranate on
A Little Life
Maybe goes a little bit further than sad though
Ok-Swimming-3212 on
Currently reading The Lovely Bones and it’s making me cry every 10 pages. It also has the most devastating first chapter I’ve ever read
KDurin on
Cry no more by Linda Howard (I think)
It’s definitely not my usual kind of choice. I wasn’t expecting to like it, and there are plenty of things to pick at that bugged me.
All that being said, sticking with your question, it’s definitely one of the saddest books I’ve ever read.
I’ve read it a few times over the years and I’ve ugly cried each time.
Expert_Squirrel_7871 on
New Grub Street by George Gissing
isleofbean on
When I was younger I read Where the Red Fern Grows and was a wreck after but I loved it. Always been a sucker for books about close bonds with animals.
superfuluous_u on
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss had me crying over my tacos in a baja California.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein is devastating, especially if you love dogs, but even if you don’t.
And of course the master of destroying readers is Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure are his most heartbreaking.
jack_pow on
Flowers For Algernon, for me. 🐀
Aggressive_Cloud2002 on
Care of, by Ivan Coyote maybe? It’s not exclusively sad, but I was sobbing at some points and it’s just a very emotional book in general.
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Night, by Elie Wiesel
Dear Leader
Infidel
Princess, by Jean Sassoon
Escape from Camp 14
In Order to Live
I got 11 pages into The Road by Cormac McCarthy and decided I didn’t want to put myself through that
Flowers for Algernon
Old Yeller
Go Ask Alice
The Nightingale by Kirstin Hannah, idk if alta the saddest book ever but 100% emotional destruction
A Little Life
Maybe goes a little bit further than sad though
Currently reading The Lovely Bones and it’s making me cry every 10 pages. It also has the most devastating first chapter I’ve ever read
Cry no more by Linda Howard (I think)
It’s definitely not my usual kind of choice. I wasn’t expecting to like it, and there are plenty of things to pick at that bugged me.
All that being said, sticking with your question, it’s definitely one of the saddest books I’ve ever read.
I’ve read it a few times over the years and I’ve ugly cried each time.
New Grub Street by George Gissing
When I was younger I read Where the Red Fern Grows and was a wreck after but I loved it. Always been a sucker for books about close bonds with animals.
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss had me crying over my tacos in a baja California.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein is devastating, especially if you love dogs, but even if you don’t.
And of course the master of destroying readers is Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure are his most heartbreaking.
Flowers For Algernon, for me. 🐀
Care of, by Ivan Coyote maybe? It’s not exclusively sad, but I was sobbing at some points and it’s just a very emotional book in general.