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Emotionally Devastating Books
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The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,051,222 ratings — published 2011
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,911,773 ratings — published 2005
The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,229,691 ratings — published 2014
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.14 — 237,652 ratings — published 2016
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,198,589 ratings — published 2017
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,761,046 ratings — published 2007
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.75 — 882,535 ratings — published 2017
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.11 — 633,627 ratings — published 2015
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.78 — 601,517 ratings — published 2013
If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.08 — 423,093 ratings — published 2017
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,460,354 ratings — published 2015
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,908,627 ratings — published 2018
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.03 — 469,490 ratings — published 2016
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.57 — 781,579 ratings — published 2016
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.00 — 419,861 ratings — published 2019
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,471,048 ratings — published 2002
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.33 — 781,634 ratings — published 2025
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,140,127 ratings — published 2025
Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.17 — 415,961 ratings — published 2024
Under Your Scars (Under Your Scars, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.33 — 88,486 ratings — published 2023
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,234,875 ratings — published 2012
Der Trafikant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.75 — 22,967 ratings — published 2012
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.27 — 953,956 ratings — published 2015
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.14 — 494,597 ratings — published 2022
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,770,446 ratings — published 2010
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.16 — 979,841 ratings — published 2006
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.63 — 1,280,284 ratings — published 2016
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,622,296 ratings — published 2014
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,829,997 ratings — published 2013
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,497,943 ratings — published 2012
Every Summer After (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.17 — 887,444 ratings — published 2022
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.27 — 836,638 ratings — published 2014
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,029,935 ratings — published 2008
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,529,715 ratings — published 2003
The Spear Cuts Through Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.14 — 25,455 ratings — published 2022
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,006,192 ratings — published 2014
The Simple Wild (Wild, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.28 — 150,977 ratings — published 2018
Before We Were Strangers (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.03 — 169,726 ratings — published 2015
How It Feels to Float (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.80 — 22,146 ratings — published 2019
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,885,167 ratings — published 2019
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,691,596 ratings — published 2016
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,549,698 ratings — published 2020
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.83 — 616,323 ratings — published 2014
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,179,305 ratings — published 2020
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,426,093 ratings — published 2014
I'll Give You the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.15 — 359,336 ratings — published 2014
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.00 — 149,856 ratings — published 2017
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.07 — 204,369 ratings — published 2006
Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.34 — 186,281 ratings — published 2006
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as emotionally-devastating)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,022,949 ratings — published 1999
