Saddest Books
Vote on the saddest books of all time.
1 Bridge To Terabithia
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 163,898 ratings
2 Where the Red Fern Grows
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 146,033 ratings
3 Harry Potter and the Deathl...
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4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 907,293 ratings
4 The Book Thief
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4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 302,905 ratings
5 My Sister's Keeper
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 443,087 ratings
6 Marley and Me: Life and Lov...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 169,572 ratings
7 Harry Potter and the Half-B...
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4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 875,072 ratings
8 The Lovely Bones
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 858,706 ratings
9 The Outsiders
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 274,753 ratings
10 Flowers for Algernon
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 140,763 ratings
11 Harry Potter and the Order ...
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 869,684 ratings
12 A Child Called "It"
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 154,931 ratings
13 The Amber Spyglass (His Dar...
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 111,208 ratings
14 Of Mice and Men
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 795,220 ratings
15 Thirteen Reasons Why
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 144,549 ratings
16 Charlotte's Web
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 417,232 ratings
17 Old Yeller (Old Yeller, #1)
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 31,798 ratings
18 The Kite Runner
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 875,632 ratings
19 Les Misérables
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 311,316 ratings
20 New Moon (Twilight, #2)
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 752,332 ratings
21 Romeo and Juliet: Longman L...
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 912,740 ratings
22 The Notebook
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 581,762 ratings
23 Island of the Blue Dolphins...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 129,527 ratings
24 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 57,130 ratings
25 The Time Traveler's Wife
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 690,821 ratings
26 Mockingjay (The Hunger Game...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 839,114 ratings
27 Harry Potter and the Goblet...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 910,159 ratings
28 Sadako and the Thousand Pap...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 6,756 ratings
29 The Road
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 273,821 ratings
30 The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 530,373 ratings
31 The Host (The Host, #1)
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 350,684 ratings
32 Atonement
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 193,081 ratings
33 A Thousand Splendid Suns
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 387,224 ratings
34 Watership Down
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 149,761 ratings
35 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 108,438 ratings
36 If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 67,466 ratings
37 The Hunger Games (The Hunge...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 1,576,257 ratings
38 Black Beauty
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 95,021 ratings
39 To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 1,395,950 ratings
40 The Fault in Our Stars
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4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 225,785 ratings
41 Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academ...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 113,470 ratings
42 All Quiet on the Western Front
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 110,861 ratings
43 A Tale of Two Cities
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 402,392 ratings
44 Frankenstein
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 465,216 ratings
45 Tuck Everlasting
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 92,906 ratings
46 The Secret Life of Bees
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 576,807 ratings
47 The Scarlet Letter
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3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 272,493 ratings
48 Gone with the Wind
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 463,255 ratings
49 Never Let Me Go
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 144,208 ratings
50 Anybody Out There? (Walsh F...
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 21,863 ratings
51 The Phantom of the Opera
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 68,229 ratings
52 The Return of the King (The...
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4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 249,819 ratings
52 Wuthering Heights
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 428,247 ratings
54 The Yearling
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 10,342 ratings
55 Memoirs of a Geisha
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 781,235 ratings
56 Catching Fire (The Hunger G...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 922,405 ratings
57 Nineteen Minutes
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 129,921 ratings
58 Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 64,425 ratings
59 The Reader
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 78,888 ratings
60 Extremely Loud and Incredib...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 159,312 ratings
61 Dear John
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 184,876 ratings
62 The Art of Racing in the Rain
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 156,050 ratings
63 Walk Two Moons
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 68,653 ratings
64 Love Story (Love Story, #1)
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 23,579 ratings
65 Doctor Zhivago
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 30,943 ratings
66 Dreamland
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 32,726 ratings
67 For Whom the Bell Tolls
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 93,394 ratings
68 The Pearl
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3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 75,808 ratings
69 Black and Blue
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 34,702 ratings
70 Among the Hidden (Shadow Ch...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 40,028 ratings
71 Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 16,153 ratings
72 My Ántonia
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 58,245 ratings
73 The Pact
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 127,438 ratings
73 Night  (The Night Trilogy, #1)
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 320,742 ratings
75 Wicked: The Life and Times ...
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3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 307,976 ratings
76 On the Beach
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 14,362 ratings
77 The Lorax
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 115,482 ratings
78 The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 53,351 ratings
79 The Thorn Birds
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 126,029 ratings
80 Forbidden
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 10,190 ratings
81 The Catcher in the Rye
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,093,726 ratings
82 Sold
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 15,483 ratings
83 Before I Die
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 18,378 ratings
84 Message in a Bottle
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 95,982 ratings
85 The Chosen One
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7,615 ratings
86 Nights in Rodanthe
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 75,114 ratings
87 The Good Earth
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 106,595 ratings
88 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 37,567 ratings
89 Wide Sargasso Sea
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 20,983 ratings
90 Cry, the Beloved Country
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 30,097 ratings
91 Beloved
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 135,527 ratings
92 The Diary of a Young Girl
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 902,102 ratings
93 Death Be Not Proud
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 5,572 ratings
94 Searching for David's Heart...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 986 ratings
95 PostSecret: Extraordinary C...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 28,794 ratings
96 Our Only May Amelia (May Am...
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 3,202 ratings
97 Cold Sassy Tree
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 42,318 ratings
98 White Oleander
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 134,673 ratings
99 The Remains of the Day
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 53,550 ratings
100 The Zombie Room
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,283 ratings
275 books · 562 voters · list created December 31st, 2008 by Erin (votes) .
Tags: mood, sad
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Comments (showing 1-27 of 27) (27 new)

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message 1: by Telle (new)

Telle i really love the bridge to terabithia......
it makes me imagine things immaginable like the 2 friends in this book.....


message 2: by Erin (new)

Erin But they die.


message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

Telle wrote: "i really love the bridge to terabithia......
it makes me imagine things immaginable like the 2 friends in this book....."


I love it too! But the whole world (except you) hates it because she dies!


message 4: by Erin (new)

Erin SHE DIES!!!!


message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

SO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DIE SOMEDAY TOO BUT THAT HASN'T RUINED ANY **** STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 6: by Erin (new)

Erin Well you can make the story of my life and people are going to be sobbing about it later I can bet you! They will call it "sad" and "awful" and you can tell me their reactions when you come up there with me!!!


message 7: by [deleted user] (new)

Who says you're going to die first?


message 8: by Erin (new)

Erin Well if you want me to die so bad I'll just kill myself! Who has my suiside hotline card?! (for those of you who go around looking at peoples profiles for hints about suiside I am joking)


message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

ERIN! What did Mrs. H say about killing yourself??


message 10: by [deleted user] (new)

That's right she didn't say anything!


message 11: by Erin (new)

Erin 'Cause she doesn't care!!


message 12: by [deleted user] (new)

Actually I think she'd be happy if we kicked the bucket.


message 13: by Erin (new)

Erin Sad but true.


message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

You know what else is sad we are having a discussion about suicide/death on a public page...


message 15: by Erin (new)

Erin Ya...


message 16: by Sabrina (new)

Sabrina "13 Reasons Why" , was one of the best books and saddest, that i have read in a long time, the author is crazy good.


message 17: by Erin (new)

Erin OMG I love that book! Sad though.


message 18: by Issy (new)

Issy New Moon is sad.... sad in that it is so lame.
But Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was sad, I cried every time someone died.


message 19: by Erin (new)

Erin I was sobbing through the whole book! I can't beleive they killed so many of them.


message 20: by Issy (new)

Issy I know, but it made it more realistic, if there really was a magic battle like that a lot of people could have died in so many different ways.


message 21: by Emilie[-MLE-] (new)

Emilie[-MLE-] Deathly Hallows is sad, but I think the saddest book if all time is The Book Thief...it's absolutely beautiful but you'll be sitting in a puddle of tears for the last 60-ish pages.


message 22: by Erin (new)

Erin I was crying so hard during the Book Thief!!! So good though!


message 23: by Hillary (new)

Hillary Thirteen Reasons Why...talk about a book that'll make you cry yourself to sleep when you finally finish it late the night you started it. :P Seriously, it's not possible to feel nothing reading that book.


message 24: by Manon (new)

Manon Wow! "Marley and me" is 4th while "Les Misérables" is 21th ...
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message 25: by Echo (new)

Echo I don't remember The Host being sad... but I may have blocked it from my memory since I didn't really like it.
And I think I'm going to have to seek out Thirteen Reasons Why now....


message 26: by Kenadee (new)

Kenadee Castleman a child called it made me cry everytime


message 27: by Jeremy (new)

Jeremy I'm suprised at this list. I haven't read many of these books but, based on the ones of these I have read, I haven't found them to be very sad. I would put Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand at the top of this list, or top 3 at least.


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