Hi! I’m looking for sad book recs that will rip out my soul. I like books with sad endings, major character death, doomed narratives/characters. Emphasis on sad endings cause I love books that dont have a happy ending!! Books that fit this vibe that I have read and loved are: if we were villains, the outsiders, blood over bright haven, Babel, the poppy war, dead poets society, sunrise on the reaping (alien stage, it is not a book but if anyone has watched it). Books I did not like that people said were gut wrenching were: a little life, if he had been with me (I like sad romance plots but not sad romance books, where it just focuses on the romance). I will read any genre (though I’m not a big fan of ww2 books) and would prefer standalones but if you have series I would still love the rec! Thank you and I hope this made sense and sorry if I rambled!
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Flowers for Algernon
Please, please, please read A Separate Peace by John Knowles!
These are all sad in very different ways:
* Kazuo Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go; A Pale View of Hills
* Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon
* Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner; A Thousand Splendid Suns
* Ocean Vuong: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
* Ron Rash: The Caretaker; Above the Waterfall.
* Philip Roth. American Pastoral
* Ian McEwan: Atonement