Books that made you cry!
We have all read books that have brought tears to our eyes... sometimes we even seek them out!
1 Harry Potter and the Deathl...
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4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 911,190 ratings
2 My Sister's Keeper
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 446,056 ratings
3 Bridge to Terabithia
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 164,710 ratings
4 Harry Potter and the Half-B...
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4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 878,868 ratings
5 Where the Red Fern Grows
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 146,650 ratings
6 The Notebook
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 584,345 ratings
7 The Time Traveler's Wife
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 693,608 ratings
8 The Book Thief
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4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 304,482 ratings
9 A Walk to Remember
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 219,755 ratings
10 Harry Potter and the Order ...
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 873,379 ratings
11 Marley and Me: Life and Lov...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 170,445 ratings
12 The Hunger Games (The Hunge...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 1,588,489 ratings
13 The Lovely Bones
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 862,202 ratings
14 The Kite Runner
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 880,379 ratings
15 Mockingjay (The Hunger Game...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 844,072 ratings
16 Charlotte's Web
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 419,584 ratings
17 A Child Called "It"
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 155,764 ratings
18 New Moon (Twilight, #2)
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 754,743 ratings
19 The Diary of a Young Girl
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 906,365 ratings
20 To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 1,406,599 ratings
21 The Last Song
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 176,938 ratings
22 Of Mice and Men
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 797,600 ratings
23 The Host (The Host, #1)
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 353,587 ratings
24 Night  (The Night Trilogy, #1)
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 322,596 ratings
25 The Fault in Our Stars
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4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 230,182 ratings
26 Flowers for Algernon
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 141,520 ratings
27 Little Women (Little Women #1)
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 731,283 ratings
28 A Thousand Splendid Suns
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 389,713 ratings
29 The Velveteen Rabbit
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 101,125 ratings
30 Dear John
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 186,023 ratings
31 The Five People You Meet in...
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 245,461 ratings
32 Catching Fire (The Hunger G...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 927,810 ratings
33 The Giving Tree
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 354,583 ratings
34 Old Yeller (Old Yeller, #1)
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 31,971 ratings
35 Love You Forever
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 76,532 ratings
36 Tuesdays With Morrie
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 262,210 ratings
37 Thirteen Reasons Why
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 145,840 ratings
38 The Outsiders
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 276,054 ratings
39 Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academ...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 113,931 ratings
40 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 109,274 ratings
41 P.S. I Love You
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 112,732 ratings
42 If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 68,033 ratings
43 Romeo and Juliet
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 916,333 ratings
44 The Little Prince
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 304,950 ratings
45 Les Misérables
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 312,742 ratings
46 Gone with the Wind
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 464,914 ratings
47 Jane Eyre
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 649,477 ratings
48 Black Beauty
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 93,314 ratings
49 Water for Elephants
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 631,535 ratings
50 The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 533,474 ratings
51 The Perks of Being a Wallfl...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 271,268 ratings
52 Speak
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 149,244 ratings
53 Harry Potter and the Goblet...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 913,997 ratings
54 The Amber Spyglass (His Dar...
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 111,661 ratings
55 The Secret Life of Bees
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 578,780 ratings
56 The Last Lecture
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 118,151 ratings
57 The Road
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 275,089 ratings
58 The Art of Racing in the Rain
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 156,949 ratings
59 Nineteen Minutes
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 130,721 ratings
60 The Help
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 749,808 ratings
61 The Color Purple
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 196,682 ratings
62 Looking for Alaska
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 150,927 ratings
63 Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 64,770 ratings
64 Before I Die
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 18,546 ratings
65 Wuthering Heights
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 430,940 ratings
66 Atonement
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 193,885 ratings
67 Walk Two Moons
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 69,095 ratings
68 Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4)
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 699,408 ratings
69 The Return of the King (The...
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4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 251,341 ratings
70 Truly, Madly, Deeply
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,057 ratings
71 The Pact
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 128,235 ratings
72 Watership Down
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 150,432 ratings
73 The Secret Garden
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 321,989 ratings
74 The Joy Luck Club
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 347,810 ratings
75 Fried Green Tomatoes at the...
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 95,812 ratings
75 Before I Fall
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 71,654 ratings
77 The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma ...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 33,305 ratings
78 Angela's Ashes
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 212,645 ratings
79 The Shack: Where Tragedy Co...
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 200,213 ratings
80 A Little Princess
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 96,428 ratings
81 A Prayer for Owen Meany
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 136,164 ratings
82 The Bridges of Madison County
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3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 34,170 ratings
83 Love Story (Love Story, #1)
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 23,687 ratings
84 Cold Mountain
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 95,487 ratings
85 Dewey: The Small-Town Libra...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 25,822 ratings
86 Never Let Me Go
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 144,904 ratings
87 Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 155,155 ratings
88 The Miraculous Journey of E...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 24,955 ratings
89 Sophie's Choice
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 34,512 ratings
90 The Grapes of Wrath
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 268,948 ratings
91 Harry Potter and the Prison...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 940,359 ratings
92 Nights in Rodanthe
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 75,451 ratings
93 The Glass Castle
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 306,989 ratings
94 Peter Pan
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 80,788 ratings
95 Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 83,007 ratings
96 The Thorn Birds
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 126,750 ratings
97 White Oleander
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 135,264 ratings
98 The Prince of Tides
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 79,330 ratings
99 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 156,417 ratings
100 The Cider House Rules
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 69,569 ratings
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message 5: by Jenn (new)

Jenn no book has EVER made me cry....


message 6: by Marj (new)

Marj Les Miserables by Victor Hugo


message 7: by Booklover (new)

Booklover Priscilla Bailey: A Story of the Great Depression Really sad book in some ways, but the ending is great. Like the Grapes of Wrath in some ways, but a much quicker read.


message 8: by Sami (last edited Jul 26, 2009 09:46am) (new)

Sami a lot of my favorite books are on this list. . . the book thief, of mice and men, the amber spyglass, they're all great reads


message 9: by Selma (new)

Selma notre dame de paris
new moon, when bella says " i know it, i know that i was dreaming"



message 10: by [deleted user] (new)

Jenn{ bLiNk 182 LuVa!!!!} wrote: "no book has EVER made me cry...."

Read My Sisters Keeper......you will cry! Have you read Dewey, The Library Cat? I rarely cry but these got me.




message 11: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Only two books have I shed tears over: Watership Down, and the last chapter of The House at Pooh Corner.....as an adult, I mean, but being an American male, I have many inward tears I withold, to the point where I compromise perception of my own feelings, so....I clicked on a few titles above by way of confession.


message 12: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Two of these books - "Charlotte's Web" and "The Witch Next Door" - involved crying at age 4 when they were read to me. (The first case sadness, the second case, fear.) As an adult I hardly ever cry at books. Or laugh audibly either, for that matter. I voted for "The Road" because if I'd been reading it in private I might have let the tears flow, but I was on the subway so I just sniffled very subtly as if my nose was bothering me.


 Carol jinx~☆~ Thom wrote: "Only two books have I shed tears over: Watership Down, and the last chapter of The House at Pooh Corner.....as an adult, I mean, but being an American male, I have many inward tears I withold, to t..."

I cried in it too. My Father-in-law gave it to me and I thought hmmm a book about rabbits--not so but so good.



message 14: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Canary wrote: "Thom wrote: "Only two books have I shed tears over: Watership Down, and the last chapter of The House at Pooh Corner.....as an adult, I mean, but being an American male, I have many inward tears I ..."
The last chapter of Pooh Corner is the story of Christopher Robin explaining to Pooh that the time may come ....when he has to leave all these friends behind, of course, but he doesn't spell it out. I cried only after I reread this book sometime when my first child was leaving for college....a personal thing, no doubt.



message 15: by May (new)

May Bee Well, not all of these made me cry. =|


message 16: by Adam (last edited Nov 09, 2009 01:42pm) (new)

Adam The Hunger Games, Bridge To Teribithia, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Catching Fire, The Giver, The Velveteen Rabbit,The Last Olympian, Charlottes Web, Fever 1793, and The Vampires Assistant (only the last three chapters on that one)


message 17: by Courtney (new)

Courtney Okay, I'm a crier, a lot of books have made me cry and I can't even begin to put them in order, but top of the list are The Road, and Say Goodnight, Gracie. I was a teenager the first time I read the last one so I cried really easily throughout almost the entire book.


message 18: by Adam (new)

Adam New Moon, really? Dramatic much teenage girls? ugh if u voted on that u r so low life.


message 19: by Phoenix81 (new)

Phoenix81 i cried whenever i read Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott. Especially the part where Beth died.


message 21: by Arlene (last edited Jan 09, 2010 09:26pm) (new)

Arlene Most books of Lurlene McDaniel make one cry, well me. I really Love her books, I hope you could also give her a try, I mean in reading.


message 22: by Erik (new)

Erik If Les Miserables can't make you cry, then there's not a damn thing that would.


Beth (FebruaryFilly) Right from Wrong  A NovelRight from Wrong by Cindy Bonner


message 24: by Rachel (new)

Rachel Any book that involves an animal makes me cry...Sounder, Old Yeller, Black Beauty, Marley and Me, etc. Where the Red Fern Grows was downright brutal.


Devan, Sarcasm Expert Hardly any book has made me cry so most of the books I picked were one's I thought I should have cried to. So yhea I have no soul. But if you want a book to cry to then I recommend Flowers for Algernon. I remember reading it in class and at the end I was about to start weeping. I only teared up a little but still it was a very sad book.


message 26: by EMi (new)

EMi the only two books that have EVER made me cry were the book thief and harry potter and the deathly hallows.


message 27: by Victoria (new)

Victoria where the red fern grows is one of the saddest books i have ever read but i love it


message 28: by Val (new)

Val Wilkerson Winter Garden Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah made me cry.....but what a great story


message 29: by Michelle (new)

Michelle Nobody cried at the end of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Impossible.


message 30: by [deleted user] (new)

Booklover wrote: "Priscilla Bailey: A Story of the Great Depression Really sad book in some ways, but the ending is great. Like the Grapes of Wrath in some ways, but a much quicker read."

You might like The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton. I don't recall crying but then I don't cry easy. Its very sad about the depression in west Texas.


message 31: by [deleted user] (new)

Elizabeth wrote: "the only two books that have EVER made me cry were the book thief and harry potter and the deathly hallows."

I cried over Hedwig!!!!


message 32: by Alex (new)

Alex I have never cried more in a book then in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. When Johnny died I was crying like crazy, blowing my nose, the whole nine yards. It was the most I've ever cried in a book, until I reached the last ten or fifteen pages where I just lost it. I was just sobbing hysterically at that point...Really, really great book though. One of the best.


message 33: by [deleted user] (new)

Adam wrote: "New Moon, really? Dramatic much teenage girls? ugh if u voted on that u r so low life."

it's so true. and why would you cry during harry potter? none of these books made me cry except little women.


message 34: by Lida and Jamie (last edited May 02, 2010 08:21pm) (new)

Lida and Jamie Erik wrote: "If Les Miserables can't make you cry, then there's not a damn thing that would."

That is so true! I think I've cried more at Les Mis than anything else I've read. I was a bit hysterical, to be honest.
A lot of my friends say that if you cry that much at a book, it's too sad, but I love it. I have to hold anything that makes me feel so strongly in high regard.

Also...
While I'm certainly not a fan of the Twilight Saga, I think it's quite out of line to call someone who cried at it, "so low life". If someone feels strongly enough to cry, they should cry. Emotions are emotions--they don't usually follow logic.


message 35: by Imani ♥ ☮ (new)

 Imani ♥ ☮ Go, Ask Alice wasn't sad, just really stupid.


message 36: by [deleted user] (new)

Victoria wrote: "where the red fern grows is one of the saddest books i have ever read but i love it"

Yes, I agree! I am more prone to cry over animals I guess.


message 37: by [deleted user] (new)

Lida and Jamie wrote: "Erik wrote: "If Les Miserables can't make you cry, then there's not a damn thing that would."

That is so true! I think I've cried more at Les Mis than anything else I've read. I was a bit hyster..."


Thanks Lide and Jamie for those kind words about the Twilight Saga. I don't know why so many literary snobs feel the need to trash it. That Shakespeare quote comes to my mind which I rarely quote correctly, "Madame, methinks thou doth protest too much." There is some reason WHY THEY YELL AND CARRY ON SO MUCH!


message 38: by [deleted user] (new)

Elizabeth wrote: "the only two books that have EVER made me cry were the book thief and harry potter and the deathly hallows."

I cried over Hedwig!! Which book was that? The last one?


message 39: by Lida and Jamie (last edited May 10, 2010 07:35am) (new)

Lida and Jamie Alice wrote: "I don't know why so many literary snobs feel the need to trash it. That Shakespeare quote comes to my mind which I rarely quote correctly, "Madame, methinks thou doth protest too much." There is some reason WHY THEY YELL AND CARRY ON SO MUCH!"

Haha! I think the reason they rant about Twilight so much is because it's such a popular thing and people feel the need to get their opinion out there. But I think it's one thing to give a clear reason for why you don't think Twilight is good, and quite another to actually insult the people who read and enjoyed it!


message 40: by Andrew (last edited May 12, 2010 07:56pm) (new)

Andrew For a week or so after reading 'Til the Boys come Home I felt a wave of depression every time I thought of it.


message 41: by Jean (new)

Jean I cry so easily that I'd rather look for a "Books that didn't make me cry" list.


message 42: by Faride (new)

Faride I cry for non of them!


message 43: by Chrismelle (new)

Chrismelle Castillo A child called, it has had to be the saddest book i have ever read, and best at that i couldnt keep my hands off it WHILE my sisters keeper (THEMOVIE) Had me crying like a baby i seen it about 5 times and i manage to cry every single time I LOVE IT. and NIGHT is my favorite book of all time :)


message 44: by [deleted user] (new)

I also cried in My Sister's Keeper but I won't see it again. I thought the movie ending was more realistic than the book.


message 45: by Maya (new)

Maya Fang by James Patterson!


message 46: by Laina (new)

Laina I totally agree Fang leaving in Fang by James Patterson was heartbreaking! Especially after reading his letter to max at the end, i was tearing up.


message 47: by Alix (new)

Alix The saddest ook I have ever read was not on this list :S
It is the Sweet Far Thing By Libba Bray,
Even thinking of it makes me tear up abit :(


message 48: by [deleted user] (new)

I can't even understand why harry potter books are there??
and breaking dawn?!
the only books that makes me cry are Nicholas Saprks's books...
the guy got serious problems ,if you know whta i mean.
and Shiver in the last part.


message 49: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth KC wrote: "Adam wrote: "New Moon, really? Dramatic much teenage girls? ugh if u voted on that u r so low life."

it's so true. and why would you cry during harry potter? none of these books made me cry exce..."


Some people cried in the Deathly Hollows because so many people died. I personally wasn't one of them, but I can see where they were coming from


message 50: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth Siju wrote: "I can't even understand why harry potter books are there??
and breaking dawn?!
the only books that makes me cry are Nicholas Saprks's books...
the guy got serious problems ,if you know whta i me..."


OMG I cried during Breaking Dawn because I thought everyone was going to die, but once I was done, I started slapping myself in the face for wasting valuable tears. The book was not worth it.


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