Yes I know that's probably torture to read, but I really want some recommendations if any. Like I want a good heart wrenching, tugging at heart strings type book.
And tbh, It doesn't necessarily have to be a romance book either. Just as long as it's a good read, I don't see too many books with sad endings. Something I probably haven't seen on booktok that's overly hyped! (Because they love to promote the same books by the same authors)
by Real_Gerber_Baby411
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If you’re okay with queer stories, I want to recommend They Both Die at the End. It’s both a sad ending and a happy ending, if that makes sense. And also The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
Euphoria by Lily King
{In Five Years} by Rebecca Serle isn’t necessarily SAD but it’s deff not a happy ending.
{The Light We Lost} is just straight up sad. Like sobbing.
The Other Side of the Mountain.
neither are romance, they are both fantasy, but they have romantic subplots that end sadly/badly, going to use spoiler blocks in case others see and dont want to be spoiled
>!Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang!<
>!The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson!<
Romance as a genre means that the story must have a happy ending or a happy, for now, ending.
What you want is tragic or dramatic books that have a love story.
It’s dark romance but so good. Under your scars. Read trigger warning
It’s YA but [If You Come Softly](https://a.co/d/6Omej3o) by Jacquline Woodson is amazing but not a HEA
Recently read “if he had been with me” by Laura nowlin. You know what happens from chapter 1 but the ending choked me up again. It’s YA so it reads really easily so it’s great to just curl up one day and breeze it through
* “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Classic for a reason. Beautiful prose, but the romance is steeped in delusion and ends in tragedy. It’ll leave you with a hollow feeling.
* “A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara: Be warned, this one is brutal. It follows the life of a man with a traumatic past, and while there are deep bonds of love, it’s a relentless and ultimately heartbreaking journey. Not strictly romance, but intense relationships.
* “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green: Popular, but for a reason. Deals with young love in the face of terminal illness, and it doesn’t shy away from the inevitable. Might be BookTok-adjacent, but it fits the bill.