Emotionally Devastating Books
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The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,090,937 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,936,092 ratings — published 2005
The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)
by (shelved 5 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,278,836 ratings — published 2014
If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.08 — 430,379 ratings — published 2017
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,512,497 ratings — published 2015
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.14 — 243,785 ratings — published 2016
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,270,629 ratings — published 2017
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,939,394 ratings — published 2018
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,780,214 ratings — published 2007
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.56 — 790,820 ratings — published 2016
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.75 — 891,151 ratings — published 2017
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.11 — 637,745 ratings — published 2015
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,206,441 ratings — published 2025
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.78 — 613,580 ratings — published 2013
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,808,209 ratings — published 2010
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.63 — 1,325,554 ratings — published 2016
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,677,906 ratings — published 2014
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,890,127 ratings — published 2013
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,117,856 ratings — published 2008
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,909,160 ratings — published 2019
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.03 — 476,909 ratings — published 2016
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,446,106 ratings — published 2014
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.00 — 428,648 ratings — published 2019
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,039,140 ratings — published 1999
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.55 — 482,579 ratings — published 2013
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,812,196 ratings — published 2012
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,477,637 ratings — published 2002
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.41 — 833,222 ratings — published 2016
Small Boat (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.97 — 17,195 ratings — published 2023
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.32 — 885,151 ratings — published 2025
Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.16 — 433,302 ratings — published 2024
Under Your Scars (Under Your Scars, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.33 — 96,274 ratings — published 2023
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,256,667 ratings — published 2009
Malibu Rising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,329,957 ratings — published 2021
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,049,315 ratings — published 2020
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.27 — 973,671 ratings — published 2015
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.13 — 513,340 ratings — published 2022
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,149,400 ratings — published 2017
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,569,628 ratings — published 2012
Every Summer After (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.17 — 931,469 ratings — published 2022
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.27 — 886,117 ratings — published 2014
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,557,679 ratings — published 2003
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,081,653 ratings — published 1992
The Spear Cuts Through Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.13 — 27,280 ratings — published 2022
Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.12 — 62,190 ratings — published 2017
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,030,799 ratings — published 2014
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,246,405 ratings — published 2007
The Simple Wild (Wild, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.28 — 153,060 ratings — published 2018
Before We Were Strangers (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.03 — 172,600 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,356,640 ratings — published 2016
