Want a book the kind that leave you staring at the wall for an hour after finishing. Not just sad for the sake of being sad, but deeply human, devastating in a way that feels necessary.
I want something that lingers in your chest for days. Doesn't matter the genre
What's the book that broke you in the best way and why should I read it?
by Majestic-Strain3155
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Probably The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was a hard book to shake after I finished.
the song of achilles
the most tragic love story I’ve ever read, by far. it’s an adaptation of the iliad following patroclus and achilles. incredible prose and timeless, heartbreaking story. I’ve reread it countless times, and it’s always as good as the first!
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Flowers for Algernon
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Most recently, The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb
Demon Copperhead
A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Shark Heart by Emily Hebeck
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote based on a true story
Ishiguro _ The Buried Giant. Knocked my socks off