34 books
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7 voters
Gut Wrenching Books
Showing 1-50 of 3,761
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,905,604 ratings — published 2011
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,470,527 ratings — published 2016
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.29 — 884,307 ratings — published 2015
Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,244,632 ratings — published 2014
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,431,914 ratings — published 2003
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,775,066 ratings — published 2012
A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.04 — 441,610 ratings — published 2016
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,625,605 ratings — published 2012
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,700,850 ratings — published 2007
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.94 — 257,115 ratings — published 2016
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.10 — 406,818 ratings — published 2020
November 9 (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,295,094 ratings — published 2015
All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.11 — 620,019 ratings — published 2015
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.79 — 553,802 ratings — published 2013
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,797,344 ratings — published 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,924,104 ratings — published 2017
All Your Perfects (Hopeless, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.00 — 690,961 ratings — published 2018
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.14 — 216,832 ratings — published 2016
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,826,308 ratings — published 2005
Archer's Voice (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.17 — 651,245 ratings — published 2014
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.75 — 849,985 ratings — published 2017
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.64 — 1,966,756 ratings — published 2015
Making Faces (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.29 — 80,204 ratings — published 2013
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.22 — 669,077 ratings — published 2012
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,017,737 ratings — published 2007
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 7 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.52 — 866,619 ratings — published 2025
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,429,928 ratings — published 2020
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
by (shelved 7 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.63 — 1,144,070 ratings — published 2016
Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.97 — 641,642 ratings — published 2014
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,347,202 ratings — published 2014
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,129,161 ratings — published 2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,965,384 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,638,013 ratings — published 2010
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,387,129 ratings — published 2022
Reminders of Him (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,532,316 ratings — published 2022
Exodus (The Ravenhood, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.38 — 213,197 ratings — published 2020
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.17 — 443,745 ratings — published 2018
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,003,019 ratings — published 2018
Kyland (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.25 — 34,998 ratings — published 2015
The Green Mile (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.49 — 355,327 ratings — published 1996
The Opportunist (Love Me with Lies, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.18 — 54,076 ratings — published 2011
Seduced in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.27 — 56,372 ratings — published 2012
The Sea of Tranquility (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.29 — 88,317 ratings — published 2012
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,694,306 ratings — published 2008
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,447,189 ratings — published 2002
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 3.85 — 827,766 ratings — published 2005
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.45 — 489,111 ratings — published 2018
Saving 6 (Boys of Tommen, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.46 — 232,607 ratings — published 2023
Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)
by (shelved 5 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.64 — 197,862 ratings — published 2023
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as gut-wrenching)
avg rating 4.08 — 559,278 ratings — published 2022
“The most gut-wrenching experience anyone will endure, is knowing you’ve been used and lied to by someone you trusted.”
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“It’s different when you think someone’s always going to be around. You think you got all the time in the world to make it right.”
― Sadie
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