Listopia > Heartbreak Book Lists

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMe Before You by Jojo MoyesHopeless by Colleen HooverUgly Love by Colleen HooverBright Side by Kim Holden
Best "ugly cry" books
456 books — 977 voters
Paper Princess by Erin WattA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasHopeless by Colleen HooverThe V Girl by Mya RobartsLosing It by Cora Carmack
Fabulous Reads for Upper Teens and New Adult
1,827 books — 773 voters

Undo Me by M. RobinsonHopeless by Colleen HooverCrave Me by M. RobinsonBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireEl Diablo by M. Robinson
The Gut Wrenchers
326 books — 634 voters
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireGabriel's Inferno by Sylvain ReynardFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesA Hunger Like No Other by Kresley ColeThe V Girl by Mya Robarts
The First Timers
546 books — 512 voters

Forbidden by Tabitha SuzumaWe Were Liars by E. LockhartThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books that punch life and happiness in the gut, and make the reader want to go to the nearest bridge over water and jump (but they don't, because that would be horrible)
228 books — 160 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniFinding Her Feet by Jams N. RosesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiOne Day by David Nicholls
Most Heartbreaking
176 books — 134 voters

The Unwanted Wife by Natasha AndersSwimming Naked by Laura BranchflowerKiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsA White Picket Fence by Laura BranchflowerA Compromising Position by Diane Merrill Wigginton
Angsty Betrayal Heartbreak Romance
46 books — 75 voters
Uprooted by Peter J. BoniThe Soul Whispers Poetry by Vikki KoplickSacred Animal Activism by Vikki KoplickMilk and honey by Rupi KaurThe Girl from The Sky by Jenny Richter
Books That Whisper When You’re Hurting
16 books — 42 voters

Paint It All Red by S.T. AbbySidetracked by S.T. AbbyAll the Lies by S.T. AbbyScarlet Angel by S.T. AbbyThe Risk by S.T. Abby
Best books to ever exist
40 books — 22 voters
Positive Winning Soul Defeating Prader-Willi Syndrome by Rhoda L. Ross-WilliamsCunt by Inga MuscioReflections Through the Periscope by Jaqui O'DonohoeDepression Hates a Moving Target by Nita SweeneyMoving Forward, Looking Back by Beth Ann Blackwood
Memoirs with Heart
14 books — 19 voters

Why We Broke Up by Daniel HandlerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerAudrey, Wait! by Robin BenwayThe Girl Who Fell by S.M. ParkerHeart in a Box by Kelly Thompson
Break-Up Fiction
45 books — 18 voters
If Hearts Had Training Wheels by Ellen EverettVerses of a Poet Who Didn't Know It by Thomas KudlaBone Language by Jamaica BaldwinAs She Appears by Shelley WongPoetry of Presence II by Phyllis Cole-Dai
Top Poetry Books for Your Journey
25 books — 17 voters

Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenCome Away with Me by Karma BrownA Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
Best Tearjerkers
31 books — 16 voters
Scandalous by L.J. ShenEl Pecador by M. RobinsonThe Rivals by Vi KeelandBridal Sacrifice by Alison SwanBound by Duty by Cora Reilly
Enemies to lovers. (A serious level of angssssst)
33 books — 16 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Monday Girl by Julie JohnsonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesThe Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert
Books to Get Over a Hard Break-Up
29 books — 15 voters
Changing with the Tides by Shelby Leighshades of lovers by Catarine HancockFinding Identity by SilenusSix Times Forever by Syed Umar I. BukhariI am a lighthouse by Jordana Rombach
Best Poetry Books 2019
13 books — 10 voters

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerSummer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Saddest YA Books Ever
31 books — 8 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Pact by Jodi PicoultLeave No Trace by A.J. Landau
Upsetting Books
25 books — 7 voters

Heart in a Box by Kelly ThompsonFungirl by Elizabeth PichSnotgirl, Vol. 1 by Bryan Lee O'MalleyCalifornia Dreamin' by Pénélope BagieuSeconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Graphic Novels for Break Ups
12 books — 3 voters
My Blind Lover by Celeste M. PackerThe Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan PoeForest of Noise by Mosab Abu TohaThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoePoems In A Time of Grief by G. Greene
Tragic Poems and Sad Poetry Collections
18 books — 2 voters

Quietly Crazy by Monika BasileThe Queen of Broken Things by Monika Basile
Monika M. Basile
2 books — 1 voter
It Ends with Us by Colleen HooverUgly Love by Colleen HooverNovember 9 by Colleen HooverReminders of Him by Colleen HooverA Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
Best Books To You Cause Emotional Damage
11 books — 1 voter

Perfect on Paper by Sophie GonzalesThese Witches Don't Burn by Isabel SterlingNever Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie GonzalesTop Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress by Tina FerraroShe Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
Finding Love After Heartbreak
6 books — 1 voter
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Long Road Back To You by Buck TurnerThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Romantic Tragedy
9 books — 1 voter

H is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionGrief Is for People by Sloane CrosleyCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerIt's Okay to Laugh by Nora McInerny Purmort
Books about Grief and Death
23 books — 1 voter

Browse By Tag